Children and Families Bill

Page 24, line 6, at end insert—

“( )   A local authority in England may co-operate with another local authority
in England to commission and provide services for children and young
people with low incidence special educational needs.”

Page 35, line 6, at end insert “and provision is not needed to maintain those
outcomes.”

Insert the following new Clause—

“Duty to secure sufficient communication support for parents with children
with a hearing loss

(1)   An authority must secure that the provision of courses for the purpose of
learning how to communicate with a child with a hearing loss, including
the provision of sign language courses, (whether or not by them) is
sufficient to meet the requirements of parents of children for the hearing
loss in their area.

(2)   In determining for the purposes of subsection (1) whether the provision of
courses is sufficient to meet those requirements, a local authority must
have regards to—

(a)   the cost of such courses;

(b)   the scheduling of such courses; and

(c)   the relevance of the contact of such courses to parents with
children.”