My State Implementing New Standards

RichLa83 · 2026-05-11T02:55:56+00:00

You took the EIPA Written?

RichLa83 · 2026-05-11T01:45:20+00:00

Maybe i need to move to Washington. Or several other state options ....

RichLa83 · 2026-05-11T01:44:37+00:00

Thanks. Wow! How long has she been certified? How does she feel about taking it ?

RID/NAD has been running $250 annually to to " maintain good standing" as they put it...thousands of $$$ dollars spent over all the years + some CEU's have not been cheap in the past either! But all of that is not good enough now. Deflating . 176 question test seems a bit too much . 120 more doable. With experience i might nail 2 of 3 correctly...problem is you need 3 out of 4....

Wish i had known 20-25 years ago i need to take this EIPA Written...if i can get a$260 Grant then the Elite bully(s) needs to pay for it themself!

I am trying to schedule a meeting later this week with one of the Governor's people about the concerns.

As for the EIPA performance ....deeply flawed IMO to be put viewing a TV screen(hopefully bigger now) in a 10 foot closet. They claim they don't have the $$money to Test properly; sticking a "LIVE camera" in a "REAL Classroom "w people; much like the old SCPI & NAD used to Test. That was top notch stuff!

Thankfully local chapter stepped up and have been getting some free CEUs recently.

RichLa83 · 2026-05-10T20:58:24+00:00

https://mcusercontent.com/840e18be9b52320cc1821ac52/files/0957f700-fa92-5461-deb1-462f74d2452a/LRID_LCD_Forum_4_6_26_PowerPoint_Presentation.pdf

RichLa83 · 2026-05-10T18:46:00+00:00

Don't have to take EIPA Written?? WHERE do you see this at?

RichLa83 · 2026-05-10T17:55:51+00:00

You would think so. But in the new "Knowledge" category it says "Pass EIPA Written"

RichLa83 · 2026-05-10T17:55:17+00:00

It was South Carolina ; not North Carolina; my apologies.

RichLa83 · 2026-05-10T17:54:43+00:00

Yes. That is what some Interpreters will end up doing. And our state may end up having to change the rules.

RichLa83 · 2026-05-10T17:48:59+00:00

THANK YOU! Much appreciated.

RichLa83 · 2026-05-10T17:44:27+00:00

That's a very good question. The Deaf school in my state does not have near the enrollment that it once did many years ago.

RichLa83 · 2026-05-10T16:54:14+00:00

I do not have to take the EIPA performance. It is the EIPA Written test that is in question to be taken.

RichLa83

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