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<div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"><div> <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1307394451_1">The Task Force</span>
on Blind Student Academic and Vocational Performance is currently
accepting applications at this time for a parent or visually impaired
individual, a teacher, and an employer of the blind in Missouri.<br><br>The Blind <span style="border-bottom: 2px dotted rgb(54, 99, 136); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1307394451_2">Task Force</span> is a panel made up of administrators, teachers, parents, consumer groups, employers, and the DESE <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1307394451_5">Assistant Commissioner</span>.
The purpose of the panel is to advise DESE (Missouri Department of Education) on issues involving the
education of blind/visually impaired children. Meetings are 4 times per
year (currently on a Tuesday in Feb, May, Sept, and Nov.) in Columbia, at the
Missouri School Board Association Building.<br><br>If interested please apply. More information available at:<br><br><span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://dese.mo.gov/divspeced/Blind/literacy.html"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1307394451_6">http://dese.mo.gov/divspeced/Blind/literacy.html</span></a></span><br><br>Nomination form is attached.<br><br>Thank you,<br>Doreen Frappier<br>Chair, BTF</div></div></div>
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