Sec.10-295-10. Local TVIs and teacher reimbursement process

(a) If an LEA hires or contracts with its own certified TVI, the agency may offer the following services:

(1) TVI services to all students who are classified as deaf-blind;

(2) TVI services to all eligible students who attend state vocational-technical schools;

(3) TVI services to all eligible students who attend the Perkins School for the Blind;

(4) in-service training and orientation on the education of children who are blind or visually impaired to staff of the LEA;

(5) training to staff members of LEAs on the reimbursement process;

(6) textbooks and materials from the agency's lending library to the LEA provided the books are returned when no longer needed for the educational needs of the child;

(7) adaptive technology services including the recommendation of appropriate, vision-related devices and aids and training in their use;

(b) If an LEA served by a BESB TVI places a child into an LEA served by a local TVI, by written agreement of both of the LEAs and BESB, the local TVI of the receiving district may serve the child and may count the child on the local TVI caseload for point calculation.

(c) Repealed June 11, 2014.

(d) Repealed June 11, 2014.

(e) Repealed June 11, 2014.

(f) Repealed June 11, 2014.

(Effective October 25, 1989; Amended February 26, 2009; Amended May 9, 2011; Amended June 11, 2014)

Notation

Notes: Publisher’s note: Public Act 14-187 repealed subsections (c) through (f), inclusive, effective June 11, 2014. (June 11, 2014)