New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 92 - EDUCATIONAL SERVICES OF THE COMMISSION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED
Subchapter 1 - OVERVIEW OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
Section 10:92-1.1 - Purpose and scope
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) The New Jersey Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired operates a Statewide itinerant educational services program for children who are blind or vision impaired to facilitate their inclusion in the least restrictive, most appropriate, educational setting. These services shall be provided in educational and/or other appropriate settings. Depending on individual needs, these services may include, but are not limited to, instruction in appropriate media, the use of specialized equipment and materials, and the use of accommodative techniques. There are three Commission education service programs, as set forth in (b) through (d) below.
(b) CBVI Blindness Education services are subject to N.J.A.C. 6A:14, Special Education Programs. The itinerant education services program administered through provider service agreements facilitates the inclusion of children that are blind or vision impaired in the least restrictive, most appropriate, educational setting. For school aged students (aged three through 21 years), these services are provided in collaboration with local school districts through provider service agreements. The appropriations act for each fiscal year will reduce each school district's State aid by the determined contract amount.
(c) Specialized services are provided to infants and toddlers (aged birth to three years), who are blind or vision impaired, as well as to their families. (By law, school districts are not responsible for children under age three, in accordance with N.J.A.C. 6A:14.)
(d) Specialized services are provided to school aged children who have significant multiple disabilities, who are blind or vision impaired and/or who are not covered by provider service agreements. These children include those who are enrolled in the Department of Children and Families Regional Schools and students who are determined wards of the State.
