Friday, April 4, 2008

No Terp? That's $175k

Alexander Veman is getting $175,000 because he wasn't provided a sign language interpreter in his adult classes at Maryland' Morris County School of Technology. The county vocational school in Denville tried to make due with a voice recognition device that didn't work properly and only hired an interpreter after he hired an attorney - and then it wasn't for the full school day. School officials say they had trouble finding an interpreter who could work the needed hours. Morris County School of Technology has agreed to put up signs about the school's responsibility to provide interpreters and add new procedures to ensure every efforts is made to get interpreters.