3230 - School district meetings and activities.

§ 3230. School  district  meetings  and  activities.   1. The board of  education or trustees of each school district shall ensure that  at  any  meeting  or  activity  which  is  conducted  by  the board of education,  trustees, school district or a district school which is  specific  to  a  child's  educational  program  and  which parents or persons in parental  relationship who are hearing impaired, as defined by  the  commissioner,  attend,  the  board  of  education or trustees shall provide interpreter  services at no charge  to  such  persons,  provided  a  written  request  therefor  is  made to the school district within a reasonable time prior  to the scheduled meeting or activity. In the event interpreter  services  are  requested,  the school district shall appoint an interpreter of the  deaf to interpret the proceedings of the meeting or activity.    In  the  event   that   an   interpreter   is   unavailable,   other   reasonable  accommodations shall be made which are satisfactory to  the  parents  or  guardians.    2.  Each  board  of  education  or trustees shall adopt a policy which  shall establish the time limitation for requesting interpreter services,  examples of what  constitutes  reasonable  accommodations  and  how  the  regulations  of  the  commissioner  promulgated pursuant to this chapter  shall be implemented.    3. For the purposes of this  section  "meeting"  or  "activity"  shall  include  those  school-initiated meetings or activities which parents or  persons in parental relationship who are hearing impaired  attend  which  are  specific  to  the  academic  and/or  disciplinary  aspects of their  child's educational program  including  parent-teacher  conferences  and  other such meetings and activities as defined by the commissioner.