; . 106. Monitoring Section 616(a) ( 20 U.S.C. 1416(a) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (5) Enhanced monitoring of services for certain students In carrying out the responsibilities of this subsection, the Secretary shall specifically monitor compliance with sections 612(a)(3), 612(a)(5), 614(b), and clauses (iii) and (iv) of section 614(d)(3)(B), as such sections are amended by the Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy Act, and shall regularly report findings to the Congress. . 107. Continuum of service delivery options (a) Ensuring continuum availability Section 612(a)(5) (20 U.S.C. (a)(5)) is amended by adding at the end the following: (C) Continuum of alternative placements The State shall ensure that a full continuum of alternative placements is available to meet the needs of children with disabilities for special education and related services. Such continuum must include instruction in regular classes, special classes, special schools, home instruction, and instruction in hospitals and institutions, and must make provision for supplementary services (such as resource room or itinerant instruction) to be provided in conjunction with regular class placement. . (b) Maintenance of specialized services and settings for students with sensory disabilities Section 612(a)(18) ( 20 U.S.C. 1412(a)(18) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (E) Maintaining a continuum of placement options A State’s closure of a special school serving children who are blind or a special school serving children who are deaf (or the consolidation or merger of such school with another school), shall be considered a reduction of the State’s financial support for special education and related services within the meaning of subparagraph (A). . 108. Technical assistance for parents and educators of students who are deaf or hard of hearing Section 616 ( 20 U.S.C. 1416 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (j) Maintaining current deaf students education service policy guidance The Secretary shall ensure that