Sec. 10-295. Specialized vision-related instruction, educational programs,
goods and services. Expense of services. Teachers and educational resources; funding. Adult home instruction. Specialized facility. Adaptive equipment. (a) All residents of this state, regardless of age, who, because of blindness or impaired vision,
require specialized vision-related educational programs, goods and services, on the
signed recommendation of the director of the Board of Education and Services for the
Blind, shall be entitled to receive such instruction, programs, goods and services for
such length of time as is deemed expedient by said director. Upon the petition of any
parent or guardian of a blind child or a child with impaired vision, a local board of
education may provide such instruction within the town or it may provide for such
instruction by agreement with other towns as provided in subsection (d) of section 10-76d. All educational privileges prescribed in part V of chapter 164, not inconsistent with
the provisions of this chapter, shall apply to the pupils covered by this subsection.
(b) The Board of Education and Services for the Blind shall expend funds for the
services made available pursuant to subsection (a) of this section from the educational aid
for blind and visually handicapped children account in accordance with the provisions of
this subsection. The expense of such services shall be paid by the state in an amount
not to exceed six thousand four hundred dollars in any one fiscal year for each child
who is blind or visually impaired. The Board of Education and Services for the Blind
may adopt such regulations as it deems necessary to carry out the purpose and intent of
this subsection.
(1) The Board of Education and Services for the Blind shall provide, upon written
request from any interested school district, the services of teachers of the visually impaired, based on the levels established in the individualized education or service plan.
The agency shall also make available its resources, including, but not limited to, the
Braille and large print library, to all teachers of public and nonpublic school children.
The agency may also provide vision-related professional development and training to
all school districts. The agency shall utilize education consultant positions authorized
as of July 1, 2001, funded by moneys appropriated from the General Fund, to supplement
new staffing that will be made available through the educational aid for the blind and
visually handicapped children account, which shall be governed by formal written policies established by the agency.
(2) The Board of Education and Services for the Blind shall use funds appropriated
to said account, first to provide specialized books, materials, equipment, supplies, adaptive technology services and devices, specialist examinations and aids, preschool programs and vision-related independent living services, excluding primary educational
placement, for eligible children without regard to a per child statutory maximum.
(3) The Board of Education and Services for the Blind may, within available appropriations, employ certified teachers of the visually impaired in sufficient numbers to
meet the requests for services received from school districts. In responding to such
requests, the agency shall utilize a formula for determining the number of teachers
needed to serve the school districts, crediting six points for each Braille-learning child
and one point for each other child, with one full-time certified teacher of the visually
impaired assigned for every twenty-five points credited. The agency shall exercise due
diligence to employ the needed number of certified teachers of the visually impaired,
but shall not be liable for lack of resources. Not later than October first of each year,
the Board of Education and Services for the Blind shall determine the number of teachers
needed based on the formula provided in this subdivision. Based on such determination
the Board of Education and Services for the Blind shall estimate the funding needed to
pay such teachers' salaries, benefits and related expenses.
(4) In any fiscal year, when funds appropriated to cover the combined costs associated with providing the services set forth in subdivisions (2) and (3) of this subsection
are projected to be insufficient, the Board of Education and Services for the Blind shall
be authorized to collect revenue from all school districts that have requested such services on a per student pro rata basis, in the sums necessary to cover the projected portion
of these services for which there are insufficient appropriations.
(5) Remaining funds in said account, not expended to fund the services set forth in
subdivisions (2) and (3) of this subsection, shall be used to cover on a pro rata basis,
the actual cost with benefits of retaining a teacher of the visually impaired, directly hired
or contracted by the school districts which opt to not seek such services from the Board
of Education and Services for the Blind. Reimbursement shall occur at the completion
of the school year, using the caseload formula denoted in subdivision (3) of this section,
with twenty-five points allowed for the maximum reimbursable amount as established
by the agency annually.
(6) Remaining funds in such account, not expended to fund the services set forth
in subdivisions (2), (3) and (5) of this subsection, shall be distributed to the school
districts on a pro rata formula basis with a two-to-one credit ratio for Braille-learning
students to non-Braille-learning students in the school district based upon the annual
child count data provided pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection.
(c) The Board of Education and Services for the Blind may provide for the instruction of the adult blind in their homes, expending annually for this purpose such sums
as the General Assembly may appropriate.
(d) The Board of Education and Services for the Blind may expend up to ten thousand dollars per fiscal year per person twenty-one years of age or over who is both blind
or visually impaired and deaf for the purpose of sending such person to a specialized
public or private facility within the state furnishing programs from which such person
can profit. Said board may determine the criteria by which a person is sent to a specialized
public or private facility and may adopt regulations necessary to carry out the provisions
of this subsection.
(e) The Board of Education and Services for the Blind may, within available appropriations, purchase adaptive equipment for persons receiving services pursuant to this
chapter. The cost of such purchases shall not exceed, and shall be included in, the maximum amount authorized for instructional expenses under subsection (b) of this section.
(1949 Rev., S. 1610; 1949, 1953, 1955, S. 1002d; March, 1958, P.A. 17, S. 1; 1959, P.A. 582; 591; 1961, P.A. 539, S.
4; 1963, P.A. 386, S. 3; 577; February, 1965, P.A. 289, S. 1, 2; 574, S. 12; 1967, P.A. 462, S. 1, 2; 1969, P.A. 159, S. 1,
2; 580, S. 1, 2; 767, S. 2; 1971, P.A. 567, S. 1; 1972, P.A. 212, S. 1; P.A. 73-469, S. 1, 2; P.A. 74-260, S. 1, 2; P.A. 78-211, S. 1, 2; 78-218, S. 201; P.A. 79-525, S. 1; P.A. 81-378, S. 1, 2; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 138, 165; P.A. 98-252,
S. 26, 80; P.A. 03-219, S. 1; P.A. 04-16, S. 1.)
History: 1959 acts required that child and either parent or guardian have resided in state for three years immediately
preceding application for aid and increased maximum payment by the state; 1961 act further increased maximum payment,
increased the maximum additional sum payable, added the provision for blind children with other severe physical handicaps
or mental retardation or emotionally maladjusted children, reduced the residence requirement from three years to one year
and added Subsec. (c); 1963 acts increased the state's maximum payment and changed the name of the board; 1965 acts
increased maximum payment for instruction in Subsec. (a) from twenty-one to twenty-seven hundred dollars per year and
increased maximum payment in Subsec. (b) from forty-five hundred to five thousand dollars per year and substituted Sec.
10-75g for reference to repealed Sec. 10-81 in Subsec. (a); 1967 act increased maximum payment in Subsec. (a) to two
thousand nine hundred dollars and in Subsec. (b) to five thousand five hundred dollars; 1969 acts amended Subsec. (a) to
require recommendation of director rather than affirmative vote of three board members for special instruction, to require
director to submit names of those recommended to the board, to substitute Sec. 10-76d for Sec. 10-75g, to increase maximum
payment for instruction to three thousand four hundred dollars, to increase clothing payments from sixty to one hundred
dollars, to add provisions re reimbursement for transportation costs and to extend provisions to those with impaired vision,
amended Subsec. (b) to require bona fide residency for eligibility rather than three years' residency, to increase maximum
payment to six thousand dollars and to extend provisions to those with impaired vision; 1971 act made provisions applicable
to persons regardless of age, increased maximum payment in Subsec. (a) to four thousand dollars and in Subsec. (b) to
seven thousand dollars; 1972 act increased maximum payment in Subsec. (a) to four thousand eight hundred dollars and
in Subsec. (b) to eight thousand four hundred dollars; P.A. 73-469 increased payment in Subsec. (a) to five thousand four
hundred dollars; P.A. 74-260 increased payment in Subsec. (a) to six thousand four hundred dollars and in Subsec. (b) to
nine thousand four hundred dollars; P.A. 78-211 increased maximum payment in Subsec. (b) to twelve thousand dollars;
P.A. 78-218 included regional boards of education in transportation reimbursement provisions in Subsec. (a) and removed
masculine personal pronouns in Subsec. (b); P.A. 79-525 added Subsec. (d) re expenditures for persons twenty-one or
older who are both blind or visually impaired and deaf; P.A. 81-378 raised maximum expenditure per year per child from
twelve thousand to fourteen thousand dollars in Subsec. (b); June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 amended Subsec. (a) by requiring
a local or regional board of education to request reimbursement by the first of June for expenses incurred during the
preceding first of July through the thirty-first of December and by the first of December for expenses incurred during the
preceding first of January through the thirtieth of June, amended Subsec. (b) by decreasing the amount of funds the board
may expend for sending certain children to specialized facilities from fourteen to eleven thousand dollars, and added
Subsec. (e) allowing the board to purchase adaptive equipment and specifying the cost limits of such purchases, effective
July 1, 1997; P.A. 98-252 amended Subsec. (a) to substitute referral by a local or regional board of education for referral
by the State Board of Education for purposes of providing instruction to children with vision greater than as defined in Sec.
10-294a, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 03-219 amended Subsec. (a) by substituting "specialized vision-related educational
programs, goods and services" for "special educational programs", making conforming change, and deleting provisions re
submission of names by director to the board, "educable" child, six-thousand-four-hundred-dollar per person instructional
spending limit, one-hundred-dollar per person clothing allowance, three-hundred-dollar per person transportation allowance, and services to a child with vision greater than as defined in Sec. 10-294a, amended Subsec. (b) by deleting provisions
re eleven-thousand-dollar per fiscal year per child instructional spending limit for children with multiple handicaps, adding
provision re six-thousand-four-hundred-dollar per fiscal year per child instructional spending limit and adding Subdivs.
(1) to (6) re educational resources and teachers provided by the Board of Education and Services for the Blind to school
districts, establishment of formula to determine the number of teachers needed to serve a district, and establishment of pro
rata formula for distribution of funds from educational aid for blind and visually handicapped children account, effective
July 9, 2003; P.A. 04-16 made technical changes.
Sec. 10-295a. Appropriation. Section 10-295a is repealed.
(1969, P.A. 767, S. 3; P.A. 78-218, S. 211.)
Sec. 10-296. Contracts with institutions. Compulsory attendance. The director
may, within the expenditure therefor provided in section 10-295, contract with public
or private institutions, individuals or private enterprises having facilities for the instruction of the blind, for the education, board and keep of blind persons who are bona fide
residents of this state found by the director to be fitted for such instruction. Said director
may compel attendance of any blind child, until such child attains the age of sixteen
years, at an institution providing instruction as defined in this section; and, if the parents
or guardians of such child do not assent thereto, on the application of the director the
court of probate of the district wherein such child resides shall, after investigation and
after reasonable notice to the parents or guardians of such child of the time and place
of hearing upon such application, inquire further into the facts and, if such court finds
action warranted, it shall issue an order as to the attendance of such child at a school or
an institution deemed most suitable for his instruction.
(1949 Rev., S. 1612; 1961, P.A. 539, S. 5; 1963, P.A. 386, S. 4; 1969, P.A. 159, S. 3.)
History: 1961 act changed the technical language of the statute, changed the upper age limit from sixteen to eighteen
years, added requirement that application be made by the executive secretary of the board, added requirement that an initial
investigation be made and changed the substance of the court order; 1963 act changed executive secretary to director; 1969
act substituted director for board.
Sec. 10-297. Employment and aid. The director is authorized to aid in securing
employment for capable blind or partially blind persons in industrial and mercantile
establishments and in other positions which offer financial returns. Said director may
aid needy blind persons in such way as said director deems expedient, expending for
such purpose such sum as the General Assembly appropriates, provided the maximum
expenditure for any one person shall not exceed the sum of nine hundred and sixty
dollars in a fiscal year, but, if said maximum amount is insufficient to furnish necessary
medical or hospital treatment to a beneficiary, said director may authorize payment of
such additional costs as he deems necessary and reasonable.
(1949 Rev., S. 1613; June, 1955, S. 1003d; 1961, P.A. 539, S. 6; 1969, P.A. 159, S. 4; P.A. 78-218, S. 202.)
History: 1961 act changed maximum expenditure from monthly to annual basis and clarified that additional payment
was in discretion of board; 1969 act substituted director for board; P.A. 78-218 replaced personal pronoun "he" with "said
director".
Sec. 10-297a. Grants to Connecticut Radio Information Service, Inc. The executive director of the Board of Education and Services for the Blind may make grants,
within available appropriations, to the Connecticut Radio Information Service, Inc., for
the purchase of receivers and for costs related to the operation of said service.
(P.A. 85-419, S. 1, 2.)
Sec. 10-298. Powers and duties of the Board of Education and Services for the
Blind. (a) The Board of Education and Services for the Blind shall, annually, as provided
in section 4-60, submit to the Governor its report, containing a statement of the activities
of the board during the preceding year. Said board shall prepare and maintain a register
of the blind in this state which shall describe their condition, cause of blindness and
capacity for education and industrial training. The board may register cases of persons
whose eyesight is seriously defective and who are liable to become visually handicapped
or blind, and may take such measures in cooperation with other authorities as it deems
advisable for the prevention of blindness or conservation of eyesight and, in appropriate
cases, for the education of children and for the vocational guidance of adults having
seriously defective sight but who are not blind.
(b) The board may accept and receive any bequest or gift of personal property and,
subject to the consent of the Governor and Attorney General as provided in section 4b-22, any devise or gift of real property made to said board, and may hold and use such
property for the purposes, if any, specified in connection with such bequest, devise
or gift.
(1949 Rev., S. 1611; September, 1957, P.A. 11, S. 13; 1961, P.A. 539, S. 7; 1963, P.A. 386, S. 5; P.A. 77-147; P.A.
83-307, S. 1, 2; P.A. 84-546, S. 27, 173; P.A. 89-12, S. 1, 3.)
History: 1961 act changed inspection requirement from once every three months to annually, made preparation of
register compulsory and clarified right to aid those with defective eyesight but not blind; 1963 act changed the name of
the board; P.A. 77-147 added Subsec. (b) re acceptance of bequest or gift of real or personal property; P.A. 83-307 inserted
new Subsec. (b) to require Connecticut Institute for the Blind to submit proposed operating budget for Oak Hill School to
board of education and services for the blind, relettering former Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (c); P.A. 84-546 made technical
change in Subsec. (a), substituting "activities" for "doings"; P.A. 89-12 deleted provision re the power of the board of
education and services for the blind to visit, inspect and report on the Connecticut Institute for the Blind in Subsec. (a),
deleted former Subsec. (b) re annual submission of proposed operating budget for Oak Hill School and relettered the
remaining Subsec. accordingly.
Sec. 10-298a. Workshops for the blind. The Board of Education and Services
for the Blind is authorized (1) to maintain and develop workshops for training and
employing blind persons in trades and occupations suited to their abilities, for the purpose of producing suitable products and services used by departments, agencies and
institutions of the state and its political subdivisions, including, but not limited to towns,
cities, boroughs and school districts; (2) to aid blind persons in securing employment,
in developing home industries and in marketing their products and services; and (3) to
develop and implement rules and guidelines to guarantee that the dignity and rights of
citizens involved in such workshops and work training programs shall be maintained.
(P.A. 75-231, S. 2, 6.)
Sec. 10-298b. Preference to be given to products and services. Whenever any
of the products made or manufactured or services provided by blind persons under the
direction or supervision of the Board of Education and Services for the Blind meet the
requirements of any department, institution or agency supported in whole or in part by
the state as to quantity, quality and price such products shall have preference, except over
articles produced or manufactured by Department of Correction industries as provided
in section 18-88, and except for emergency purchases made under section 4-98. All
departments, institutions and agencies supported in whole or in part by the state shall
purchase such articles and services from the Board of Education and Services for the
Blind. Any political subdivision of the state may purchase such articles made or manufactured and services provided by the blind through the Board of Education and Services
for the Blind. Said board shall issue at sufficiently frequent intervals for distribution to
the Commissioner of Administrative Services, the Comptroller and the political subdivisions of the state, a catalog showing styles, designs, sizes and varieties of all products
made by blind persons pursuant to this section or handicapped persons pursuant to
section 17b-656 and describing all available services provided by the blind or handicapped.
(P.A. 75-231, S. 3, 6; P.A. 77-405, S. 3, 5; 77-614, S. 135, 610.)
History: P.A. 77-405 included products made by handicapped persons and services provided by them; P.A. 77-614
substituted commissioner of administrative services for director of purchases.
Sec. 10-298c. Commissioner of Administrative Services to regulate purchase
of products and services of blind or handicapped persons. The Commissioner of
Administrative Services shall (1) fix a fair market price, based on the cost of materials,
labor and overhead, for all articles and services offered for sale and described in the
most recent catalog issued by the Board of Education and Services for the Blind pursuant
to section 10-298b, provided that the cost of labor on which such fair market price is
based shall conform to federal minimum wage regulations for handicapped workers;
(2) determine whether or not products produced or services provided by blind persons
or handicapped persons meet the reasonable requirements of state departments, agencies
and institutions; and (3) authorize state departments, agencies and institutions to purchase articles and services elsewhere when requisitions cannot be complied with through
the products and services listed in the most current catalog issued by the Board of Education and Services for the Blind pursuant to section 10-298b.
(P.A. 75-231, S. 4, 6; P.A. 77-405, S. 4, 5; 77-614, S. 120, 610.)
History: P.A. 77-405 included reference to handicapped in committee name and included as members a representative
of the Connecticut association of rehabilitation facilities and a handicapped person; P.A. 77-614 abolished committee and
transferred its duties to the commissioner of administrative services.
See Sec. 17b-656 re preference given to products and services provided by handicapped persons.
Sec. 10-298d. Violations. Any responsible officer, commissioner or deputy of any
department, institution or agency which violates the provisions of section 10-298b or
10-298c shall be immediately reported to the Governor who shall take whatever action,
if any, the Governor deems necessary.
(P.A. 75-231, S. 5, 6; P.A. 78-218, S. 203.)
History: P.A. 78-218 substituted "the governor" for the personal pronoun "he".
Sec. 10-299. Power of Connecticut Institute for Blind to receive bequests; tax
exemption. Review of proposed operating budget of Oak Hill School. (a) The Connecticut Institute for the Blind is empowered to receive, hold, invest or employ, as it
deems for the best interests of said institute, all property which comes to it by gift,
bequest or devise or which it acquires in any manner; but the General Assembly may,
at any time, limit the amount of property to be so held or acquired. All property of said
institute shall be exempt from taxation.
(b) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1990, and each fiscal year thereafter, the
Connecticut Institute for the Blind shall submit by July first, its proposed operating
budget for the Oak Hill School for the next succeeding fiscal year to the Office of Policy
and Management. A copy of the proposed budget shall also be submitted to the joint
standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of appropriations and
matters relating to the budgets of state agencies. The proposed operating budget shall
include a statement indicating whether the institute will request an increase in state
support for the Oak Hill School.
(1949 Rev., S. 1614; P.A. 89-12, S. 2, 3.)
History: P.A. 89-12 added a new Subsec. (b) concerning the review of the proposed operating budget of Oak Hill School.
Sec. 10-300. Exemption from license fees. Any goods, wares or merchandise,
manufactured or produced in whole or in part by the board or The Connecticut Institute
for the Blind in furtherance of its purpose to instruct or employ the blind, may be sold
or exchanged in any town, city or borough in this state and said board or institute, its
agents or its employees shall not be required to procure a license therefor, and no law
providing for the payment of a license fee for such privilege shall apply to said board
or institute, its agents or employees, unless it or they are particularly referred to in its
provisions.
(1949 Rev., S. 1615; 1961, P.A. 539, S. 8.)
History: 1961 act added activities of board to existing exemption for institute.
Sec. 10-300a. Labeling of goods made by blind persons. (a) No goods, wares or
merchandise shall be labeled, designated or represented as having been manufactured
or produced in whole or in part by any blind person or by any public or private institute,
agency or corporation serving the blind unless at least seventy-five per cent of the total
hours of labor performed on such goods, wares or merchandise shall have been rendered
by a blind person, as defined in section 10-294a. Any person, institute, agency or nonprofit corporation which so manufactures or produces such goods shall register annually,
on July first, with the board of education and services for the blind and may affix or
cause to be affixed to such goods a stamp or label which identifies such goods as the
products of blind persons.
(b) The Board of Education and Services for the Blind shall adopt regulations pursuant to the provisions of chapter 54 to carry out the provisions of this section.
(c) Any person, institute, agency or nonprofit corporation which violates any of the
provisions of this section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars for each
violation.
(P.A. 75-520, S. 1, 2.)
History: (Revisor's note: The words "and services" were added editorially by the Revisors to correct board's name in
Subsec. (b)).
Secs. 10-301 and 10-302. Instruction in useful occupation; trade implements.
Aid for adults. Sections 10-301 and 10-302 are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 1616, 1617; 1961, P.A. 539, S. 12.)
Sec. 10-303. Food service facilities and vending stands in public buildings controlled by Board of Education and Services for the Blind. Permissible uses of vending machine income. (a) The authority in charge of any building or property owned,
operated or leased by the state or any municipality therein shall grant to the Board of
Education and Services for the Blind a permit to operate in such building or on such
property a food service facility, a vending machine or a stand for the vending of newspapers, periodicals, confections, tobacco products, food and such other articles as such
authority approves when, in the opinion of such authority, such facility, machine or
stand is desirable in such location. Any person operating such a stand in any such location
on October 1, 1945, shall be permitted to continue such operation, but upon such person's
ceasing such operation such authority shall grant a permit for continued operation to
the Board of Education and Services for the Blind. Said board may establish a training
facility at any such location.
(b) Pursuant to the Randolph-Sheppard Vending Stand Act, 49 Stat. 1559 (1936),
20 USC 107, as amended from time to time, the Board of Education and Services for
the Blind is authorized to maintain a nonlapsing account and to accrue interest thereon
for federal vending machine income which, in accordance with federal regulations, shall
be used for the payment of fringe benefits to the vending facility operators by the Board
of Education and Services for the Blind.
(c) The Board of Education and Services for the Blind may maintain a nonlapsing
account and accrue interest thereon for state and local vending machine income which
shall be used for the payment of fringe benefits, training and support to vending facilities
operators, to provide entrepreneurial and independent-living training and equipment to
children who are blind or visually impaired and adults who are blind and for other
vocational rehabilitation programs and services for adults who are blind.
(d) The Board of Education and Services for the Blind may disburse state and local
vending machine income to student or client activity funds, as defined in section 4-52.
(1949 Rev., S. 1618; 1959, P.A. 264, S. 1; 615, S. 20; 1963, P.A. 386, S. 6; P.A. 75-549; P.A. 78-218, S. 204; P.A. 80-59; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 163, 165; P.A. 98-252, S. 27, 80; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 35, 131; June 30 Sp. Sess.
P.A. 03-3, S. 64.)
History: 1959 acts deleted reference to county buildings and property and extended section's application to food service
machines and vending machines; 1963 act changed the name of the board; P.A. 75-549 clarified "state or municipal"
building by replacing phrase with "building or property owned, operated or leased by the state or any municipality therein";
P.A. 78-218 substituted "such person's" for "his"; P.A. 80-59 added Subsec. (b) re savings account for nonstate vending
machine income; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provision allowing the board to establish a
training facility at any location where the board operates a food service, vending machine, newsstand, etc., effective July
1, 1997; P.A. 98-252 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 1998; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9 amended
Subsec. (b) to provide for a nonlapsing account rather than a savings account and allow for the accrual of interest in such
account for federal vending machine income, rather than nonstate income, added Subsec. (c) to allow the Board of Education
and Services for the Blind to maintain a nonlapsing account for the payment of fringe benefits, training and support to
vending facilities operators and provide entrepreneurial and independent-living training and equipment for blind or visually
impaired children or blind adults, and added Subsec. (d) to authorize the board to disburse state and local vending machine
income to student or client activity funds, effective July 1, 2001; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3 amended Subsec. (c) to
authorize use of funds maintained in nonlapsing account for "other vocational rehabilitation programs and services for
adults who are blind", effective August 20, 2003.
Sec. 10-304. Sales and service account. The sales and service account for the
Board of Education and Services for the Blind shall be established as a separate account
within the General Fund for the purpose of aiding the blind by providing sales and
service opportunities. Any money received by the board from refunds for materials
advanced for manufacture by the blind, and from the sales of articles or goods manufactured by the blind, and from the sale of other articles or goods, or from sales held to
assist the blind, shall be deposited in the General Fund and credited to the account.
Payments shall be made from the account for labor or services rendered in connection
with the manufacture of articles for resale, for the purchase of materials used in such
manufacture, for the purchase of merchandise for resale and for labor, supplies and other
operating expenses connected with the operation of vending stands and sales and service
opportunities. Bills contracted by the Board of Education and Services for the Blind for
the purposes specified in this section shall be paid by order of the Comptroller against
the account in the manner provided by law for the payment of all claims against the
state. At the end of each fiscal year, any surplus as of June thirtieth determined by
including cash, accounts receivable and inventories less accounts payable over the sum
of three hundred thousand dollars derived from sales of manufactured goods or articles
or other sales, in excess of such cost of labor or services, materials, merchandise, supplies
and other such operating expenses, shall revert to the General Fund of the state.
(1949 Rev., S. 1619; 1949, 1953, S. 1004d; 1963, P.A. 386, S. 7; 1969, P.A. 572, S. 1; P.A. 78-323, S. 1, 3; P.A. 82-107; P.A. 86-312, S. 3, 21.)
History: 1963 act changed name of board; 1969 act deleted employer's contributions for social security from payments
to be made from fund and increased surplus amount beyond which excess funds revert to general fund from seventy-five
to one hundred thousand dollars; P.A. 78-323 increased surplus limit to two hundred thousand dollars; P.A. 82-107 increased
the amount over which funds revert to the general fund at the end of each fiscal year from two hundred thousand dollars
to three hundred thousand dollars; P.A. 86-312 changed sales and service "fund" from a revolving fund to a separate
"account" within the general fund.
Sec. 10-305. Reports of blind persons by physicians and optometrists. Each
physician and optometrist shall report in writing to the Board of Education and Services
for the Blind within thirty days each blind person coming under his or her private or
institutional care within this state. The report of such blind person shall include the
name, address, Social Security number, date of birth, date of diagnosis of blindness and
degree of vision. Such reports shall not be open to public inspection.
(1955, S. 1005d; 1961, P.A. 539, S. 9; 1963, P.A. 386, S. 8; P.A. 78-218, S. 205; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 139, 165.)
History: 1961 act deleted provision defining "blind person"; 1963 act changed name of board; P.A. 78-218 included
feminine personal pronoun; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 added requirement that report of each blind person in the care of
a physician or optometrist include a social security number, date of birth and date of diagnosis of blindness, effective July
1, 1997.
Sec. 10-306. Vocational rehabilitation; definitions. The Board of Education and
Services for the Blind may maintain a rehabilitation service for the vocational rehabilitation and placement in remunerative employment of persons whose capacity to earn a
living has been lost or impaired by reason of lessened visual acuity. For the purpose of
this section and sections 10-307 and 10-308: "Vocational rehabilitation" means any
services, provided directly or through public or private instrumentalities, found to be
necessary to compensate a person whose visual acuity has been impaired for his or her
employment handicap and to enable such person to engage in a remunerative occupation,
including, but not limited to, medical and vocational diagnosis, vocational guidance,
counseling and placement, rehabilitation training, physical restoration, transportation,
occupational licenses, customary occupational tools and equipment, maintenance and
training books and materials; "rehabilitation training" means all necessary training provided for a person whose visual acuity has been impaired to compensate for his or her
employment handicap, including, but not limited to, manual, preconditioning, prevocational, vocational and supplementary training and training provided for the purpose of
achieving broader and more remunerative skills and capacity; and "physical restoration"
means any medical, surgical or therapeutic treatment necessary to correct or substantially reduce within a reasonable length of time the employment handicap of a person
whose visual acuity has been impaired, including, but not limited to, medical, psychiatric, dental and surgical treatment, nursing service, hospital care, convalescent home care,
drugs, medical and surgical supplies and prosthetic appliances, but excluding curative
treatment for acute or transitory conditions.
(1949 Rev., S. 1620; 1961, P.A. 539, S. 10; 1963, P.A. 386, S. 9; P.A. 78-218, S. 206.)
History: 1961 act deleted limitation on length of hospital care in definition of physical restoration; 1963 act changed
name of board; P.A. 78-218 included feminine personal pronouns and substituted "such person" for "him".