SEC. 208. CLARIFYING ELIGIBLE USERS OF ACCESSIBLE IN-
STRUCTIONAL MATERIALS. 
Section 674(e)(3)(A) (20 U.S.C. 1474(e)(3)(A)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(A) BLIND
OR
OTHER
PERSONS
WITH 
PRINT DISABILITIES.—The term ‘blind or other 
persons with print disabilities’ means children 
served under this Act, or children served by ele-
mentary schools and secondary schools pursu-
ant to section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 
1973 (as amended) (29 U.S.C. 794) and its im-
plementing regulations, and who may qualify in 
accordance with the Act entitled ‘An Act to pro-
vide books for the adult blind’, approved March 
3, 1931 (2 U.S.C. 135a; 46 Stat. 1487) to re-
ceive books and other publications produced in 
specialized formats.’’. 
Subtitle 
B—Specialized 
Early 
Childhood Intervention Services 
to Infants and Toddlers Who 
Are Blind or Visually Impaired 
SEC. 209. CONTENT OF PLAN. 
Section 636(d)(9) (20 U.S.C. 1436(d)), as amended 
by section 113 of this Act, is further amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
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‘‘(B) in the case of an infant or toddler who is 
blind or visually impaired, a statement of the ongo-
ing developmental and educational assessment that 
will be provided to the child, early intervention serv-
ice providers specializing in blindness or visual im-
pairment (including ocular or brain-based visual im-
pairment), instruction in Braille (inclusive of a 
range of instructional strategies, including pre-lit-
eracy tactual exposure to Braille code reading and 
writing), orientation and mobility (provided and ex-
ercised in a variety of environments both within and 
outside the home), socialization, sensory efficiency, 
exposure to assistive technologies (including low vi-
sion devices as determined appropriate), self-deter-
mination, recreation and fitness, and age-appro-
priate transitional services, and the support and in-
struction that will be provided to families to learn 
and support the child’s acquisition, retention and 
age-appropriate mastery of the instruction and serv-
ices provided to such child; and’’. 
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Subtitle C—Anne Sullivan Macy 
Center on Visual Disability and 
Educational Excellence 
SEC. 211. CENTER ESTABLISHMENT AND MISSION. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within 
the Department of Education a national program named 
the Anne Sullivan Macy Center on Visual Disability and 
Educational Excellence, which shall carry out the activities 
described in section 213 in furtherance of the mission de-
scribed in subsection (b). 
(b) MISSION.—The mission of the program estab-
lished in subsection (a) is to better support students with 
visual disabilities receiving special education and related 
services to learn effectively and live productively and inde-
pendently through— 
(1) development and dissemination of curricula, 
courses, materials, and methods supporting the con-
tinuing education of personnel qualified under State 
law to serve as teachers of students with visual im-
pairments and related services personnel serving 
such children; 
(2) support for the establishment of programs 
within institutions of higher education to prepare 
teachers of children who are blind or visually im-
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paired to serve children who are blind or visually im-
paired who also have additional disabilities; 
(3) model local, regional, and national enrich-
ment projects open to children who are blind or vis-
ually impaired intended to supplement State and 
local educational agency provision of specialized in-
struction and services meeting such children’s 
unique learning needs; and 
(4) research identifying, developing, and evalu-
ating valid assessments and effective interventions 
measuring and addressing the unique needs of chil-
dren who are blind or visually impaired, including 
need for instruction and services— 
(A) which may be needed by children with-
out disabilities or with other disabilities but 
which must be specifically designed, modified, 
or delivered to meet the unique learning needs 
of children who are blind or visually impaired; 
(B) which, at a minimum, shall include in-
struction in Braille, proficient use of assistive 
technologies (both at home and in school and 
which includes low vision devices as determined 
appropriate), orientation and mobility (provided 
and exercised in a variety of environments in-
cluding at home, in school, and in community), 
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self-determination, sensory efficiency, socializa-
tion, recreation and fitness, independent living 
skills, and age-appropriate career education. 
SEC. 212. ADMINISTRATION; ELIGIBILITY; GOVERNANCE; 
STRUCTURE. 
(a) ADMINISTRATION.—To carry out the provisions 
of section 211, the Secretary of Education shall enter into 
a contract or cooperative agreement (of no less than 5 
years in duration) with a consortium of entities described 
in subsection (b) which shall, with oversight by the Sec-
retary, have primary responsibility for administering the 
program described in this subtitle. The Secretary shall 
have ongoing authority to enter into such contracts or co-
operative agreements. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—The consortium of entities de-
scribed in subsection (a) shall include— 
(1) not less than 1 nonprofit professional mem-
bership association which both operates a program 
for accreditation of institutions of higher education 
preparing teachers of children who are blind or vis-
ually impaired or orientation and mobility specialists 
and which maintains a continuing education pro-
gram supporting the ongoing professional develop-
ment of such personnel; 
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