[Nfbc-info] FYI FW: FYI FW: (CORRECTED) Opportunity To Review Proposed Federal Regulations That Will Affect Individuals With Disabilities

[Mary Willows]

Can one of you guys report on this at the At Large meeting tonight?  I was
on the conference calls but have not read the documents yet?   MW

The National Federation of the blind knows that blindness is not the
characteristic that defines you or your future.  Every day we raise the
expectations of blind people because low expectations create obstacles
between blind people and our dreams. 
You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.

National Federation of the Blind of California (NFBC)
3934 Kern Court
Pleasanton, CA 94588
925-462-8575

Thank you,
Mary Willows, President NFBC
mwillows at sbcglobal.net 



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From: Nfbc-info [mailto:nfbc-info-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of robert
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Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2015 9:31 AM
To: Michael Hingson; NFB of California List
Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] FYI FW: FYI FW: (CORRECTED) Opportunity To Review
Proposed Federal Regulations That Will Affect Individuals With Disabilities

yes
thanks

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> On Apr 9, 2015, at 9:10 AM, Michael Hingson via Nfbc-info
<nfbc-info at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Robert,
> 
> Is this the one? 
> 
> 
> Best,
> 
> 
> Michael Hingson
> 
> From: Xavier, Joe at DOR [mailto:Joe.Xavier at dor.ca.gov]
> Sent: Monday, April 06, 2015 7:08 PM
> To: Xavier, Joe at DOR
> Subject: (CORRECTED) Opportunity To Review Proposed Federal 
> Regulations That Will Affect Individuals With Disabilities
> 
> 
> 
> The U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Labor have 
> made proposed regulations intended to be officially published on April 
> 16, 2015 available for review now. The proposed regulations are under 
> the Rehabilitation Act, as amended by the Workforce Innovation and 
> Opportunity Act (WIOA).
> 
> The Department of Rehabilitation (DOR) began its review of the draft 
> regulations when they became available yesterday afternoon. We urge 
> everyone interested in advancing the employment, independence and 
> equality of individuals with a disability to join DOR in reading the 
> stated reasons and proposed regulations, and identifying any 
> regulation that may make it more difficult to assist individuals with
disabilities in obtaining employment.
> Find the advance copy of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), 
> containing the draft regulations on the Federal Register
> 
> The draft regulations affecting individuals receiving services from 
> DOR are available in PDF format in the following three documents below:
> 
> *
> <https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2015-0
> 5535.p
> df> Miscellaneous Program Changes
> 
> *
> <https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2015-0
> 5528.p
> df> Unified and Combined State Plans, Performance Accountability, and 
> df> the
> One-Stop System Joint Provisions
> 
> *
> <https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2015-0
> 5538.p
> df> State Supported Employment Services program; Limitations on Use of
> Subminimum Wage
> 
> If you are interested in reviewing other regulations related to the 
> four titles of WIOA, you may visit 
> <https://www.federalregister.gov/public-inspection>
> https://www.federalregister.gov/public-inspection.
> 
> We must assist our federal agencies in developing regulations that 
> provide the flexibility we need in providing services, and in using 
> our limited state and federal funds to meet the unique needs of our 
> consumers. Once the regulations are officially published on April 16, 
> 2015, we will all have 60 days to submit our comments to the federal 
> departments for consideration before the federal agencies finalize the
regulations.
> 
> Together, through our public comments, we can help shape the law and 
> avoid unintended consequences of fewer individuals going to work 
> because of an overly restrictive new regulation, or because an 
> existing regulation that creates a barrier to employment isn't modified.
> 
> Collaboration is at the heart of all we do, including the 
> implementation of WIOA. We are currently considering ways of sharing 
> our preliminary review with you next month, including the possibility 
> of a public forum or of posting a written summary of our review on our 
> website. Please email us at <mailto:wioa at dor.ca.gov> wioa at dor.ca.gov 
> to alert DOR of any provisions we should pay particular attention to, 
> or for any questions about our approach to developing comments on the
regulations.
> 
> On to 20 at 20x20,
> 
> Joe Xavier
> 
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