Education of the Deaf Act Amendments of 1992

Education of the Deaf Act Amendments of 1992 - Title I: Special Institutions for Individuals Who Are Deaf - Amends the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (the Act) to revise and consolidate provisions for elementary and secondary education programs which Gallaudet University (Gallaudet) operates, including the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School and the Model Secondary School for the Deaf. Requires such programs to serve students with a broad spectrum of needs, including, for example, students who are lower functioning academically, who come from non-English speaking homes, or who have additional disabling conditions. Extends certain rights and procedural safeguards under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to children placed in such elementary and secondary education programs operated by Gallaudet.

Revises provisions for the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) to require the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) and the institution of higher education with which the Secretary has an agreement to operate and maintain NTID to: (1) assess the need for modification of the agreement; and (2) periodically update the agreement as necessary.

Defines foreign student for purposes of the Act.

Requires the annual independent financial and compliance audits under the Act to be conducted in accordance with Office of Management and Budget circulars governing audits of institutions of higher education. Directs Gallaudet and the higher education institution operating NTID to provide copies of their required audit reports to the Secretary within 30 days after audit completion.

Revises reporting requirements. Requires an annual report on specified NTID activities and an accounting of related indirect costs.

Requires monitoring and evaluation relating to Gallaudet to include its elementary, secondary, preparatory, undergraduate, and graduate programs.

Enlarges the scope of the liaison for educational programs for the deaf to include other Federal or non-Federal agencies, institutions, or organizations involved with education or rehabilitation of individuals who are deaf or hard-of-hearing. Requires such liaison to review research and other activities to determine areas of overlap and opportunities for coordination.

Requires a two-to-one non-Federal matching contribution for the Gallaudet and the NTID endowment fund programs. Places certain encumbrances upon such endowment funds. Revises limitations on withdrawals or expenditures from its endowment fund corpus and income, for both Gallaudet University and NTID. Adds recordkeeping, auditing, and reporting requirements with respect to such endowment funds.

Adds requirements for enrollment and tuition at Gallaudet and NTID. Limits enrollment of foreign students to a maximum of ten percent of the total: (1) postsecondary student enrollment at Gallaudet; and (2) enrollment at NTID. Requires a tuition surcharge for foreign students at both institutions.

Extends the authorization of appropriations for: (1) the Gallaudet endowment program; (2) the NTID endowment program; (3) Gallaudet University, and elementary and secondary education programs at Gallaudet; (4) NTID; and (5) monitoring and evaluation activities.

Requires that any Federal funds appropriated for Gallaudet University (including the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School and the Model Secondary School for the Deaf) be expended in accordance with the Federal cost principles for educational institutions, as modified by the Secretary to reflect the unique nature of Gallaudet and NTID.

Title II: Technical Amendments; Repeal; Effective Date - Sets forth various technical amendments to the Act and the effective date of this Act.

Repeals provisions for the Commission on Education of the Deaf.

Changes the title of the Act to the Education of Individuals Who Are Deaf Act.