Ill STAT. 140 PUBLIC LAW 105-17—JUNE 4, 1997 "(F) Preparing personnel who provide services to children with significant cognitive disabilities and children with multiple disabilities. "(3) DEFINITION. — As used in this section, the term 'lowincidence disability' means— "(A) a visual or hearing impairment, or simultaneous visual and hearing impairments; "(B) a significant cognitive impairment; or "(C) any impairment for which a small number of personnel with highly specialized skills and knowledge are needed in order for children with that impairment to receive early intervention services or a free appropriate public education. "(4) SELECTION OF RECIPIENTS. —In selecting recipients under this subsection, the Secretary may give preference to applications that propose to prepare personnel in more than one low-incidence disability, such as deafness and blindness. "(5) PREPARATION IN USE OF BRAILLE.—The Secretary shall ensure that all recipients of assistance under this subsection who will use that assistance to prepare personnel to provide services to visually impaired or blind children that can appropriately be provided in Braille will prepare those individuals to provide those services in Braille. "(c) LEADERSHIP PREPARATION; AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES. — "(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall support leadership preparation activities that are consistent with the objectives described in subsection (a). "(2) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES. —Activities that may be carried out under this subsection include activities such as the following: "(A) Preparing personnel at the advanced graduate, doctoral, and postdoctoral levels of training to administer, enhance, or provide services for children with disabilities. " (B) Providing interdisciplinary training for various types of leadership personnel, including teacher preparation faculty, administrators, researchers, supervisors, principals, and other persons whose work affects early intervention, educational, and transitional services for children with disabilities. "(d) PROJECTS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE; AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES. — "(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall support activities, consistent with the objectives described in subsection (a), that are of national significance and have broad applicability. "(2) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES. — Activities that may be carried out under this subsection include activities such as the following: "(A) Developing and demonstrating effective and efficient practices for preparing personnel to provide services to children with disabilities, including practices that address any needs identified in the State's improvement plan under part C; "(B) Demonstrating the application of significant knowledge derived from research and other sources in the development of programs to prepare personnel to provide services to children with disabilities.
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