[nfbmi-talk] again letting regs be the guide

[joe harcz Comcast]

All,

This is clear on the needs test which MCB does not have and should not for as everyone has tole them it is moot anyway when most blind students are either on SSI or SSDI. Also note the requirement for reader services here and this is right from the preamble explaing ammendments to the Rehab Act and subsequent rules made in 1999:

(Refer to the section in the rules for fuller details:)
     Amending Sec. 361.54 to expand the list of VR services

exempt from State financial needs tests to include interpreter services

for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, reader services for

individuals who are blind, and personal assistant services. Also, this

section was amended to prohibit States from applying financial needs

tests to individuals receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or

Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI).