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Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 293 - Agency Organization, Practice and Procedure › Part II - Rules of Practice Definitions › Section 10-293-39 - Workshop program file

Current through July 10, 2024
The following information concerns the maintenance and use of
				  records by the board in the operation of its workshop program.
(1) Name: Workshop Program File.
(2) Type: Automated and manual.
(3) Purpose: To permit the board to meet its
				responsibility to develop and maintain workshops for training and employing
				blind persons in trades and occupations suited to their abilities; to aid blind
				persons to secure employment; to develop home industries; and to market their
				products and services.
(4) Source
				of Data: Routine sources of information maintained in the Workshop Program file
				are the blind person, physicians and other providers of medical and
				psychological services, the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation and other
				state agencies, educational institutions, previous employers of the blind
				person, workshop performance records, workshop evaluator and supervisor's
				records, workshop payroll records and budget information.
(5) Legal Authority: Section 10-298a through
				10-298c of CGS.
(6) Categories of
				Personal Data:
(A) Education, including
				academic achievement and performance or grade level;
(B) Physical and mental capacities including
				medical diagnosis, history of treatment, prognosis and functional
				capacities;
(C) Vocational
				including psychological and vocational test results, past work history,
				vocational interests, measure of vocational performance and progress;
				and
(D) Financial including
				workshop earning capacity, and earnings from sale of products produced at
				home.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 293 - Agency Organization, Practice and Procedure › Part II - Rules of Practice Definitions › Section 10-293-40 - Vocational rehabilitation services

Current through July 10, 2024
The following information is maintained and used by the board
				  in its implementation and operation of a vocational rehabilitation program for
				  eligible blind and seriously visually impaired persons:
(1) Name: Vocational Rehabilitation Client
				Services and Program.
(2) Type:
				Automated and manual.
(3) Purpose:
				To enable the board to implement a vocational rehabilitation program authorized
				by Sections
				10-306
				through
				10-308
				of the Connecticut General Statutes and Public Law 93-112, the Rehabilitation
				Act of 1973, as amended, for the vocational rehabilitation and placement in
				remunerative employment, persons whose capacity to earn a living has been lost
				or impaired by reason of lessened visual acuity.
(4) Source of Data: Routine sources of
				information maintained in the Vocational Rehabilitation Client Services and
				Program file include the client or applicant, physicians and other providers of
				health care services including psychologists and psychological examiners,
				rehabilitation centers and workshops, employers and previous employers of the
				client or applicant, referral sources, records of other agencies both public
				and private pertaining to the client or applicant's educational, vocational,
				disability or economic status, and records which may result from an
				administrative review or fair hearing.
(5) Legal Authority: Sections
				10-306
				through
				10-308
				of the Connecticut General Statutes and Public Law 93-112, the Rehabilitation
				Act of 1973, as amended.
(6)
				Categories of Personal Data:
(A) Educational,
				including performance or grade level and academic achievement;
(B) Physical and mental, including diagnosis,
				past treatment, prognosis, recommended treatment, and physical, mental and
				emotional capacities and limitations;
(C) Vocational including work history,
				vocational interests, employment potential, and training needs;
(D) Economic status including income,
				dependency on family or others, eligibility for state or other financial
				assistance or programs; and
(E)
				Social including ability to relate to others, degree of indepence and ability
				to function in the community.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 293 - Agency Organization, Practice and Procedure › Part II - Rules of Practice Definitions › Section 10-293-41 - Vending facility program

Current through July 10, 2024
The following information concerns the maintenance and use of
				  records by the board in the vending facility program:
(1) Name: Vending Facility Program
				File.
(2) Type: Automated and
				Manual.
(3) Purpose: To allow the
				board to implement the food services and vending facility program in public
				buildings.
(4) Source of Data:
				Routine sources of information contained in the Vending Facility Program File
				include the vending facility operators, vocational rehabilitation case record,
				former employers of the vendor, reports of division of industries staff
				personnel, financial records of vendor including federal and state tax returns
				and register receipts and results of administrative reviews and full
				evidentiary hearings if any have been held, and the vendor's license and
				operating agreement.
(5) Legal
				Authority: Personal data in the Vending Facility Program file are collected,
				maintained and used under authority of Section
				10-303
				of CGS, the Randolph-Sheppard Vending Stand Act
				20 USC
				107, as amended, and the Vocational
				Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Public Law 93-112, as amended.
(6) Categories of Personal Data: Categories
				of personal data maintained in the Vending Facility Program file include:
(A) Educational, including level of academic
				achievement;
(B) Vocational
				including ability to manage a business, maintain records, relate to the public
				in a service and sales capacity;
(C) Physical and mental, including ability to
				perform the job requirements; and
(D) Financial including income, expenditures,
				gross and net profit.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 293 - Agency Organization, Practice and Procedure › Part II - Rules of Practice Definitions › Section 10-293-42 - Relevance, accuracy of personal data and waiver of access

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Personal data will not be maintained
				unless relevant and necessary to accomplish the lawful purposes of the board.
				Where the board finds irrelevant or unnecessary public records in its
				possession, it shall dispose of the records in accordance with its records
				retention schedule and with the approval of the Public Records Administrator
				per Connecticut General Statutes Section
				11-8a,
				or, if the records are not disposable under the records retention schedule,
				request permission from the Public Records Administrator to dispose of the
				records under CGS Section
				11-8a.
(b) The board will collect and maintain all
				records with accurateness and completeness. Insofar as it is consistent with
				the needs and mission of the board, the board, wherever practical, shall
				collect personal data directly from the person to whom a record pertains.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 293 - Agency Organization, Practice and Procedure › Part II - Rules of Practice Definitions › Section 10-293-43 - Internal distribution policy

Current through July 10, 2024
Board employees involved in the operation of the board's
				  personal data systems will be informed of the provisions of:
(1) the Personal Data act;
(2) the board's regulations adopted pursuant
				to Section
				4-196
				of CGS;
(3) the Freedom of
				Information Act;
(4) rules and
				regulations adopted by U.S. Department of Education to implement the Vocational
				Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended, 34 CFR and 361.49; and
(5) any other state or federal statute or
				regulations concerning maintenance or disclosure of personal data kept by the
				board.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 293 - Agency Organization, Practice and Procedure › Part II - Rules of Practice Definitions › Section 10-293-45 - Incorporation into board contracts

Current through July 10, 2024
The board shall incorporate by reference the provisions of
				  the Personal Data Act and regulations promulgated thereunder in all contracts,
				  agreements or licenses for operation of a personal data system or for research,
				  evaluation and reporting of personal data for the board or on its behalf.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 293 - Agency Organization, Practice and Procedure › Part II - Rules of Practice Definitions › Section 10-293-46 - Unnecessary duplication

Current through July 10, 2024
The board will insure against unnecessary duplication of
				  personal data records. In the event it is necessary to send personal data
				  records through interdepartmental mail, such records will be sent in envelopes
				  or boxes sealed and marked "confidential."
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 293 - Agency Organization, Practice and Procedure › Part II - Rules of Practice Definitions › Section 10-293-47 - Protecting records

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The board will
				insure that all records in manual personal data systems are kept under lock and
				key and, to the greatest extent practical, are kept in controlled access
				areas.
(b) With respect to
				automated personal data systems:
(1) the board
				shall, to the greatest extent practical, locate automated equipment and records
				in a limited access area;
(2) to
				the greatest extent practical, the board shall require visitors to such area to
				sign a visitors log and permit access to said area on a bona-fide need-to-enter
				basis only;
(3) the board, to the
				greatest extent practical, will insure that regular access to automated
				equipment is limited to operations personnel; and
(4) the board shall utilize appropriate
				access control mechanisms to prevent disclosure of personal data to
				unauthorized individuals.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 293 - Agency Organization, Practice and Procedure › Part II - Rules of Practice Definitions › Section 10-293-49 - Procedures for contesting the content of personal data records

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Any person who believes that the board is
				maintaining inaccurate, incomplete or irrelevant personal data concerning
				him/her may file a written request with the board for correction of said
				personal data.
(b) Within thirty
				(30) days of receipt of such request, the board shall give written notice to
				that person that it will make the requested correction, or if the correction is
				not to be made as submitted, the board shall state the reason for its denial of
				such request and notify the person of his/her right to add his/her own
				statement to his/her own peral data records.
(c) Following such denial by the board, the
				person requesting such correction shall be permitted to add a statement to
				his/her personal data record setting forth what that person believes to be an
				accurate, complete and relevant version of the personal data in question. Such
				statement shall become a permanent part of the board's personal data system and
				shall be disclosed to any individual, agency or organization to which the
				personal data is disclosed.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 293 - Agency Organization, Practice and Procedure › Part II - Rules of Practice Definitions › Section 10-293-50 - Users of personal data

Current through July 10, 2024
Information in the board's personal data systems is
				  collected, maintained and used in each system, unless otherwise specified
				  below, at the board's official office address located at 170 Ridge Road,
				  Wethersfield, Connecticut. The Executive Director, Executive Secretary 2 and
				  Affirmative Action Officer use information in all personal data systems for
				  purposes of administration, management and control and to monitor compliance
				  with affirmative action policies. Other users of information in the board's
				  personal data systems and purposes are set forth below:
(1) Users of Board of Education and Services
				for the Blind Personnel File and purpose are:
(A) Administrative Service Officer 2;
				administers personnel policies;
(B)
				Administrative Service Officer 1; administers personnel policies;
(C) Accountant 1; performs payroll related
				functions; and
(D) Business
				Services Officer; performs payroll related functions.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 293 - Agency Organization, Practice and Procedure › Part II - Rules of Practice Definitions › Section 10-293-51 - Other provisions

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) If the board
				requests personal data from any other state agency, it shall have the
				independent obligation to insure that the personal data is properly
				maintained.
(b) Only board
				employees who have a specific need to review personal data records for lawful
				purposes of the board will have access to such records under the Personal Data
				Act.
(c) The board will keep a
				written up-to-date list of individuals entitled to access to each of the
				board's personal data systems.
(d)
				When an individual is asked to supply personal data to the board, the board
				shall disclose to that individual, upon request:
(1) the name of the board and the division
				within the board requesting the personal data;
(2) the legal authority under which the board
				is empowered to collect and maintain the personal data;
(3) the individual's rights pertaining to
				such records under the Personal Data Act and board regulations;
(4) the known consequences arising from
				supplying or refusing to supply the requested information; and
(5) the proposed use to be made of the
				requested personal data.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 295 - Program for Deaf-Blind Adults › Section 10-295-1 - Use of funds

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Persons
			 to be served:
Available funds shall be used to meet the needs of
			 deaf-blind persons twenty-one years of age or over who were included in the
			 pilot study authorized by SA 77-81 before any other deaf-blind adults are
			 served.
(b)
Definitions:
(1) Blindness: As
			 set forth in Connecticut General Statutes, sec.
			 10-294a.
(2) Visual Impairment: As set forth in
			 Connecticut General Statutes, sec.
			 10-294a.
(3) Deafness: A person is deaf if hearing is
			 non-functional for the purpose of understanding ordinary conversation with
			 optimum amplification.
(4)
			 Deaf-blind: Having combined vision and hearing losses which challenge a
			 person's ability to communicate and interact with others, to access information
			 and to move about safely.
(5)
			 Specialized Public or Private Facility: A facility located within the state of
			 Connecticut operated by a state agency or private agency licensed by the state
			 which provides residential as well as necessary specialized services to meet
			 the individual needs of a deaf-blind person.
(6) Programs: Identifiable services other
			 than residential and basic care as required by an individual training
			 plan-including, but not limited to, speech and hearing therapy; recreation; day
			 activity center; work activity center; sheltered workshop; physical therapy,
			 occupational therapy, etc.
(7) Day
			 Activity Center: A center providing a variety of different activities, with
			 highly structured supervision where there is emphasis on meaningful activity
			 and on preparation for more independent functioning. The population attending
			 such a day activity center shall require full-time supervision in order to
			 perform simple crafts or worklike activities and their involvement may be for
			 only a limited time span.
(8) Work
			 Activity Center: A workshop, or a physically separated department of a workshop
			 having an identifiable program, separate supervision and records, planned and
			 designed to provide therapeutic activities for handicapped workers whose
			 physical or mental impairment is so severe as to make their productive capacity
			 inconsequential.
(9) Sheltered
			 Workshop: A rehabilitation facility, or that part of a rehabilitation facility,
			 engaged in a production or service operation and which is operated for the
			 primary purpose of providing gainful employment or professional services to the
			 handicapped as an interim step in the rehabilitation process for those who
			 cannot readily be absorbed in the competitive labor market or during such time
			 as employment opportunities in the competitive labor market do not
			 exist.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 295 - Program for Deaf-Blind Adults › Section 10-295-2 - Services to be provided

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Types of
			 services to be provided
Specialized public and private facilities: To the extent
				funding permits, deaf-blind adults served will receive special training
				programs from which they can profit. This funding will not be used to support
				basic care, which includes-room, board and clothing. Funding is to be used to
				provide appropriate supplemental training programs as defined in these
				regulations and shall not be used when other programs are available for
				payment.
There will be periodic formal evaluation of progress, not less
				than annually, to assess the appropriateness of the present program as well as
				potential for higher levels of programming. The goal of services will be to
				maximize independent functioning, develop residence programs, and support
				special training programs at current placements until such time as appropriate
				community residence programs become available.
(b)
Follow up:
The board of
			 education and services for the blind coordinator shall maintain a follow up on
			 those students included in the planning who become inactive and who remain in
			 Connecticut. Annually, a follow up effort will be made to determine current
			 status and offer services if appropriate.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 295 - Program for Deaf-Blind Adults › Section 10-295-3 - Review of persons provided with services

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Annual
			 review/individual training plan:
There shall be, at a minimum, an annual
			 review of each deaf-blind person provided services under these guidelines.
That review will include a written individual training plan
				(ITP) which includes goals and recommendations for the coming year and assesses
				appropriateness of current placement. The ITP will be developed from a
				standardized format approved by the advisory committee. The student and/or
				guardian shall be invited to participate in the formal ITP development meeting.
				The student and/or guardian may bring an advocate if they so choose.
The ITP team shall meet in the spring and at other times as
				necessary.
Assessment materials should be provided as appropriate to team
				members before the meeting.
There shall be annual written documentation.
A student and/or guardian dissatisfied with the ITP plan shall
				have the right to appeal to the placement review team. A request for appeal
				should be made to the agency coordinator within thirty calendar days of the ITP
				meeting. A meeting to hear the appeal shall be scheduled within fifteen
				calendar days, but may be postponed by mutual consent of the student and/or
				guardian and coordinator.
If a student is unable to participate in the ITP meeting and
				there is no legal guardian, a report on the ITP plan will be referred by the
				agency coordinator to the state office of protection and advocacy for their
				consideration.
(b)
Changes in placements:
Any recommendation for change in placement
			 will be reviewed by the placement review team (PRT).
The PRT will also hear appeals from the ITP team. A student
				and/or guardian or advocate dissatisfied with the decision of the placement
				review team shall have the right to appeal to the advisory committee. Such
				request for appeal should be made in writing to the executive director of the
				board of education and services for the blind within thirty calendar days of
				the placement review team decision. A meeting to hear the appeal shall be
				scheduled within fifteen calendar days after receipt of such request but may be
				postponed to a later time by mutual consent of student and/or guardian or
				advocate and agency.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 295 - Program for Deaf-Blind Adults › Children's Services › Section 10-295-4 - Description

Current through July 10, 2024
These regulations shall apply to the Children's Services
				  Division at the Board of Education and Services for the Blind (BESB) in its
				  provision of services, expenditure of funds and payment of costs of specialized
				  services to children who are blind, deaf-blind or visually impaired, as
				  approved by the executive director and as described in Sections
				  10-295(a)
				  and (b) of the Connecticut General Statutes.
				  Regulations adopted by the state board of education to implement Sections
				  10-76a to
				  10-76k
				  of the General Statutes are acknowledged and, insofar as it is possible, these
				  regulations shall be construed in a manner which is consistent with the state
				  board of education regulations as they apply to children requiring special
				  education who are blind, visually impaired, deaf-blind, or blind or visually
				  impaired with additional impairments.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 295 - Program for Deaf-Blind Adults › Children's Services › Section 10-295-6 - Referral and eligibility

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) In order to be
				eligible for services from the Division of Children's Services at the Board of
				Education and Services for the Blind, a child must meet the definition of legal
				blindness or visual impairment and have at least one parent or guardian who is
				a resident of the State of Connecticut. In addition, children of school age
				must be eligible for special education services through a Local Education
				Agency (LEA), as supported by the development of an Individualized Education
				Program (IEP), or be eligible for services under a Section 504 Accommodation
				Plan (Section 504 Plan) or Services Plan. Children who have not attained the
				age of three must meet the eligibility criteria for the statewide
				Birth-to-Three System as supported by the development of an Individualized
				Family Service Plan (IFSP).
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 295 - Program for Deaf-Blind Adults › Children's Services › Section 10-295-7 - BESB Services to preschool age children

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The agency may
				cover the costs of eligible vision-related services and items for children as
				outlined in their IFSP, IEP (ages 3 and above) or Section 504 plan, consistent
				with state fee schedules from approved vendors.
(b) Children under the age of three who do
				not participate in the statewide Birth-to-Three System remain eligible for
				those BESB services that are included in the child's IFSP.
(c) BESB-eligible preschool children who turn
				3 and are not eligible for an IEP may, with the approval of the Children's
				Services Supervisor, continue to receive consultation services from a BESB
				preschool TVI. These children may participate in Expanded Core Curriculum (ECC)
				activities sponsored by the agency. Low vision services and aids to maintain
				normal development may also be provided.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 295 - Program for Deaf-Blind Adults › Children's Services › Section 10-295-8 - BESB TVIs for school age children

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The agency
				shall, consistent with Conn. Gen. Stat. Sec.
				10-295,
				utilize a formula for determining the number of teachers needed to serve LEAs
				with students who are legally blind or visually impaired, assigning six points
				for each child who learns with Braille and one point for each other child. In
				determining the number of full-time certified TVIs necessary to optimally serve
				children on each caseload, twenty-five points shall represent one full-time
				equivalent position. LEAs shall have the option of choosing to receive the
				services of a BESB TVI to provide direct instruction and consultation services
				for eligible children.
(b) When
				appropriated funds are projected to be insufficient in any fiscal year to cover
				the cost of providing BESB TVIs and vision-related purchased services as set
				forth in statute, the agency is authorized to collect revenue on a per student,
				pro rata basis from all LEAs that have requested such services. In such
				circumstances, the agency shall notify LEAs in writing no later than January
				1st of the school year, indicating the projected shortfall and the prorated fee
				necessary to cover the costs for the remainder of the school year. Such
				payments shall be paid to BESB before the end of the school year by a date
				determined by the agency.
(c) If an
				LEA is served by a BESB TVI, the agency may offer the following services:
(1) Braille instruction for students when it
				is included in their applicable Education Plan;
(2) direct instruction and guidance to a
				student in the ECC;
(3) adaptive
				technology services including the recommendation of appropriate vision-related
				devices and aids and training in their use;
(4) 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;
(5) curriculum consultation for classroom
				teachers who have students with blindness or visual impairment;
(6) in-service training and orientation on
				the education of children who are blind or visually impaired to staff of the
				LEA.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 295 - Program for Deaf-Blind Adults › Children's Services › Section 10-295-9 - Reporting requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) LEAs that hire
				or contract with their own TVI shall furnish the agency with the following
				information within 30 days:
(1) all changes in
				students' addresses or visual status;
(2) changes in the location of equipment lent
				by the agency;
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 295 - Program for Deaf-Blind Adults › Children's Services › Section 10-295-10 - Local TVIs and teacher reimbursement process

Current through July 10, 2024
(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;
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 295 - Program for Deaf-Blind Adults › Children's Services › Section 10-295-11 - Funding disbursement process to LEAs (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
For 2014 repeal, see
					 Sec.
					 54 of
					 Public
					 Act 14-187. (June 11,
					 2014)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 295 - Program for Deaf-Blind Adults › Children's Services › Section 10-295-13 - Low vision aids and services

Current through July 10, 2024
In accordance with fee schedules adopted by the agency, the
				  Board of Education and Services for the Blind may cover the cost of a child's
				  low vision evaluation and follow-up training by a BESB-approved low vision
				  provider. The cost of low vision devices recommended by the low vision provider
				  may only be paid for in accordance with approved fee schedules and upon the
				  request of the child's TVI. A child may receive low vision services even if
				  those services are not in the child's applicable Education
				  Plan.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 295 - Program for Deaf-Blind Adults › Children's Services › Section 10-295-14 - Rehabilitation teaching and technology services

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The agency
				may provide, within available staffing resources, or fund rehabilitation
				teaching services and coordinate educational projects to assist students in
				learning daily and independent living skills and all other aspects of the
				Expanded Core Curriculum (ECC).
(b)
				The agency may provide, within available staffing resources, or fund
				rehabilitation technology evaluations to determine the adaptive equipment needs
				of children. The agency may also provide or fund installation of such devices
				and training in their use. These services may be provided regardless of whether
				they are listed in the child's applicable Education Plan, except in a school
				setting, in which case the services must be in the plan.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 295 - Program for Deaf-Blind Adults › Children's Services › Section 10-295-15 - Provision of adaptive devices

Current through July 10, 2024
BESB may provide funding for the purchase of the most
				  effective, least expensive, vision-related adaptive equipment, computers,
				  software and peripherals that are essential to the child's participation in
				  education. All equipment, including computers and adaptive devices with a
				  purchase price of six-hundred dollars or more must be recommended in the
				  child's applicable Education Plan. A computer shall not be considered necessary
				  for vision-related needs and, therefore, shall not be ordered with BESB funds
				  when no adaptive products such as large print or text-to-speech software are
				  required by the student in order to use the computer. All adaptive technology
				  devices, computers, software and peripherals shall be purchased in accordance
				  with State of Connecticut purchasing procedures using state-authorized vendors.
				  Any adaptive equipment from the agency that is currently held by a child or any
				  adaptive equipment from the agency received by a child shall be the property of
				  such child or the child's guardian. At such time as the child or guardian no
				  longer desires the equipment, disposal shall be at the child or guardian's
				  discretion. The cost of maintenance or repair of the equipment shall rest with
				  the child or guardian. In circumstances where a child or guardian requests, the
				  agency shall reimburse the child or guardian for the documented cost of the
				  repair and applicable shipping of said equipment to and from the repair
				  location. The agency shall accept returned equipment.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 295 - Program for Deaf-Blind Adults › Children's Services › Section 10-295-16 - Educational materials

Current through July 10, 2024
The agency may provide and purchase materials, aids and
				  devices such as, but not limited to, daily living aids, Braille and pre-Braille
				  materials, and auditory or tactile learning materials that assist children with
				  development in all aspects of the Expanded Core Curriculum.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 295 - Program for Deaf-Blind Adults › Children's Services › Section 10-295-17 - Braille and large print texts

Current through July 10, 2024
The agency may provide Braille, large print or electronic
				  media books that are either directly purchased for the student using agency
				  funds or loaned to the student through the agency's lending library to students
				  in public, private and parochial schools. Such books and materials shall remain
				  the property of the State of Connecticut and shall be returned to the lending
				  library when no longer needed for the student's educational
				  program.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 295 - Program for Deaf-Blind Adults › Children's Services › Section 10-295-18 - Orientation and mobility

Current through July 10, 2024
The agency may provide, within available staffing resources,
				  or fund orientation and mobility services and aids regardless of whether the
				  services or aids are listed in the child's applicable Education Plan, except
				  that in a school setting such services or aids shall be provided for in the
				  Education Plan.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 295 - Program for Deaf-Blind Adults › Children's Services › Section 10-295-19 - Vocational rehabilitation

Current through July 10, 2024
Referral to the Vocational Rehabilitation Division of the
				  agency for students who are legally blind may occur as early as the child's
				  14th birthday but should occur no later than the 16th birthday if the student
				  has a pre-vocational or vocational component to his or her applicable Education
				  Plan. When the child has reached the age of 14 and thereafter, the assigned
				  Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor shall be included in the Planning and
				  Placement Team process to ensure an effective transition into employment,
				  vocational training or higher education after graduation.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 295 - Program for Deaf-Blind Adults › Children's Services › Section 10-295-21 - Services to non-visually impaired children

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The Board of
				Education and Services for the Blind (BESB), pursuant to Conn. Gen. Stat. Sec.
				10-295(a),
				may provide time-limited educational services to a child whose vision may be
				greater than legally blind or visually impaired if the child is eligible for
				special education services as defined in Conn. Gen. Stat. Sec.
				10-76a(4).
				These services will apply to a child who:
(1)
				has a diagnosed progressive vision loss or
(2) was a BESB client immediately preceding a
				determination that the child was no longer legally blind or visually impaired.
				Services in the cases described in this subdivision (2) will continue for the
				remainder of the current school year under the guidelines of the applicable
				Education Plan. Such services to said child in the subsequent school year will
				be limited to no-cost services, if available, such as consultation by a BESB
				TVI twice in a school year and the loan of large print textbooks and materials
				available from the lending library at BESB. No additional services will be
				provided unless a reevaluation by a physician or optometrist indicates that the
				child's eye condition is deteriorating and will result in visual impairment or
				legal blindness within the next school year.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 295 - Program for Deaf-Blind Adults › Children's Services › Section 10-295-22 - Enrollment in private or parochial schools

Current through July 10, 2024
Students placed by their parent or guardian in a Connecticut
				  private or parochial school may receive vision-related consultation services
				  from BESB staff. These children may participate in Expanded Core Curriculum
				  (ECC) activities sponsored by the agency. Low vision services and aids to
				  maintain optimal visual functioning may also be provided. Other purchased
				  vision-related goods and services may only be provided if recommended in the
				  applicable Education Plan.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 295 - Program for Deaf-Blind Adults › Children's Services › Section 10-295-23 - Home schooling

Current through July 10, 2024
Students who are being home-schooled may receive
				  vision-related consultation services from BESB staff. These children may
				  participate in Expanded Core Curriculum (ECC) activities sponsored by the
				  agency. Low vision services and aids to maintain optimal visual functioning may
				  also be provided. Other purchased vision-related goods and services may only be
				  provided if recommended in the applicable Education Plan.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 295 - Program for Deaf-Blind Adults › Children's Services › Section 10-295-24 - Confidentiality and availability of case records

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The agency
				shall keep confidential all information in its possession concerning students
				served by the agency, both medical and personal, with the following exceptions:
(1) when sharing or releasing the information
				is needed to protect the child or another person from possible physical harm or
				violence;
(2) when the agency is
				ordered to share the information by a court order or subpoena;
(3) when the information must be provided
				under mandatory reporting laws; or
(4) when the child's parent or guardian has
				given written authorization for such disclosure.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 295 - Program for Deaf-Blind Adults › Children's Services › Section 10-295-25 - Appeals procedures

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Any parent or
				guardian of a child served by BESB who is dissatisfied with any determinations
				made by a BESB TVI concerning the furnishing or denial of services may request
				a timely review of those determinations. The parent or guardian shall make a
				written request for a review of the decision that was made by the BESB TVI and
				state in the written request the nature of the matters to be addressed in the
				review. The agency may not institute a suspension, reduction or termination of
				services being provided under the applicable Education Plan during the review
				period unless the parent or guardian so requests or the agency has evidence
				that services have been obtained through misrepresentation, fraud, collusion or
				criminal conduct on the part of the parent or guardian.
(b) Primary Review - A parent or guardian may
				seek an initial review of a decision by sending a written request to the
				Children's Services Supervisor within 15 business days of the decision of the
				TVI. This review will be conducted and completed by the Children's Services
				Supervisor within twenty business days of receipt of the written request. The
				Children's Services Supervisor will make a decision to uphold, reverse or
				change the decision of the TVI within fifteen business days of the completion
				of the review.
(c) Final Review - A
				parent or guardian may seek a review of the decision of the Children's Services
				Supervisor by sending a written request within 15 business days of that
				decision to the Executive Director of the agency. This review will be conducted
				and completed within twenty business days of receipt of the written request.
				The Executive Director shall make a decision to uphold, reverse or change the
				decision of the Children's Services Supervisor within fifteen business days of
				the completion of the review. The parent or guardian may submit documentation
				and other evidence supporting their request during this stage of the review
				process.
(d) Any dispute with or
				appeal of a decision made by a local TVI should be pursued with the LEA that
				employs that TVI.
(e) Parents and
				guardians retain all rights of appeal of an educational decision with the State
				Department of Education.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 300a - Labeling of Goods Made by Blind Persons › Section 10-300a-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) "Blind." The word "blind" used herein
			 shall have the same definition as set forth in Connecticut General Statutes,
			 Sec.
			 10-294a(a).
(b) "Blind labor." The phrase "blind labor"
			 used herein shall have the same definition as set forth in Connecticut General
			 Statutes, Section
			 10-294a(c).
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 300a - Labeling of Goods Made by Blind Persons › Section 10-300a-2 - Annual registration

Current through July 10, 2024
Any person, institute, agency or nonprofit corporation which
				plans to label, designate or represent its goods, wares or merchandise 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
				shall register annually, on July 1, with the board of education and services
				for the blind. No such goods, wares or merchandise may be labeled, designated
				or represented as products of blind persons unless the requirements in Section
				10-300a-3
				of these regulations are met and the application for registration is approved
				by the board of education and services for the blind.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 300a - Labeling of Goods Made by Blind Persons › Section 10-300a-3 - Application

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Initial application
The board of education and services for the blind shall furnish
				an application for registration on request. The properly completed application
				shall be notarized and returned to the board of education and services for the
				blind which shall review the application for compliance with the statutes and
				regulations and notify the applicant by letter within thirty (30) days of
				receipt of completed application information whether or not the registration is
				in compliance. If the registration is not in compliance, the applicant shall be
				advised in writing of the reasons for disapproval. In the event of disapproval,
				the applicant may request a review meeting with the agency. Such request shall
				be submitted to the agency chief, division of industries, within thirty (30)
				calendar days of receipt of disapproval, and a meeting will be scheduled within
				thirty (30) calendar days of receipt of such request.
(b)
Renewal
By July 1 of each year, each person, institute, agency or
				nonprofit corporation which plans to continue activities covered by the initial
				registration shall submit a renewal application on the form available from the
				board of education and services for the blind, reporting any changes to the
				initial application information.
(c)
Application information
The applicant for registration shall furnish, as required by
				the board of education and services for the blind, a listing and samples of
				products of blind persons to be sold, the names of current employees who are
				blind and producing these products along with their current wage rates, a copy
				of the most recent OSHA Form No. 102 (Annual Summary), and any other
				information pertinent to the application as determined by the board of
				education and services for the blind.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 300a - Labeling of Goods Made by Blind Persons › Section 10-300a-4 - Suspension of registration

Current through July 10, 2024
If a question of non-compliance arises for an individual or
				organization with approved registration, the board of education and services
				for the blind may request appropriate additional information which shall be
				furnished within 14 calendar days of receipt of the request.
If a compliance problem is identified, the registrant will be
				advised in writing and have twenty-one (21) calendar days from the time of
				notification to correct the problem and advise the board of education and
				services for the blind.
If a compliance problem is not corrected within the twenty-one
				(21) day period, a compliance hearing will be scheduled within twenty-one (21)
				calendar days thereafter as required by Connecticut General Statutes, Sections
				4-177
				and
				4-182.
				The registrant will be advised of the hearing decision within twenty-one (21)
				calendar days after the hearing.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 303 - Vending Facilities in Public Buildings › Section 10-303-1 - Description

Current through July 10, 2024
These regulations shall apply to the board of education and
				services for the blind in its implementation of food service and vending
				facilities in public buildings as described in Section
				10-303
				of the General Statutes and the Randolph-Sheppard Act 20-USC as
				amended.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 303 - Vending Facilities in Public Buildings › Section 10-303-2 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Except as otherwise required by context,
			 the following definitions shall apply:
(1)
			 "Abandonment" means:
(A) a vendor's voluntary
			 leave from the vending facility without having given three days' prior notice
			 to the board of his intent to take such leave; or
(B) a vendor's involuntary leave from the
			 vending facility without having given reasonable notice to the board as soon as
			 possible after learning of the necessity to take such leave.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 303 - Vending Facilities in Public Buildings › Section 10-303-3 - Licensing

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Licensing Vending Facility
			 Operators
Licenses to operate vending facilities may be issued by the
				board only to persons who:
(1) are
			 blind, as defined by these regulations;
(2) are citizens of the United
			 States;
(3) have been certified by
			 the board's division of industries as qualified to operate a vending facility;
			 and
(4) have executed a vending
			 facility operating agreement.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 303 - Vending Facilities in Public Buildings › Section 10-303-4 - Standards and procedures applying to establishment of a vending facility

Current through July 10, 2024
The following standards and procedures shall apply to the
				establishment of a vending facility:
(a)
Vending Facility Equipment and
			 Initial Stock
The board shall furnish each new vending facility with
				adequate, suitable equipment and initial stocks of merchandise necessary for
				its establishment, operation and maintenance except that any increase in
				initial stock required by promotion, using federal vocational rehabilitation
				funds, is permitted only when promotion or upgrading is from a dry facility to
				wet snack bar or cafeteria.
(b)
Title and Interest in Fixtures and
			 Equipment
The right, title and interest in all fixtures and equipment
				furnished to a vending facility by the board shall be vested in the board and
				shall be labeled with a numerical sticker and so marked as to clearly reflect
				ownership by the state of Connecticut. Should the vendor elect to purchase such
				fixtures and equipment from the board, he may do so under the following
				conditions:
(1) the sale and purchase
			 price shall be acceptable to the board; or
(2) upon the transfer of the vendor to
			 another facility, his discontinuance as a licensee or his death, title and
			 interest in such fixtures and equipment shall become vested in the board
			 subject to:
(A) a determination of the fair
			 market value of such fixtures and equipment in accordance with state procedure
			 and regulations;
(B) payment of
			 such fair market value to the vendor/owner or his estate; and
(C) the provision of an opportunity to the
			 vendor, his representative or estate for a full evidentiary hearing concerning
			 the determination of the fair market value of such equipment.