Title 21 — Title 21

It is the policy of this state to provide rehabilitation services, to the extent needed and feasible within resources available, to eligible children and adults with disabilities throughout the state, so that they may engage in meaningful educational and employment opportunities …

(a) The Director of the Division of Rehabilitation Services of the State Department of Education shall serve as the initial commissioner of the Department of Rehabilitation Services commencing on January 1, 1995, and shall be provided a contract of employment for a period not to …

(a) The commissioner shall direct all matters involving the department in conformance with state and federal law and the policies of the board. (b) The commissioner shall perform the following specific duties: (1) Enforce the rules and regulations of the board governing the depar…

Rehabilitation Services; Dissolution. The Board of Rehabilitation Services and the Department of Rehabilitation Services shall automatically continue in existence, but both may be dissolved and all operations restored to the State Board of Education and to the State Department of…

The State Board of Education and the State Superintendent of Education shall take all administrative action, including the transfer of funds, appropriate and necessary to carry out the intent and purpose of this act. History: (Acts 1994, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 94-824, p. 147, §13.)

Toll-Free Telephone Number; Performance of Duties; Immunity. (a) There shall be established at the Department of Rehabilitation Services a toll- free telephone number in an office staffed by an assistant or deputy attorney general to provide information on the rights and responsi…

For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them by this section: (1) BOARD. The Board of Rehabilitation Services. (2) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of the Department of Rehabilitation Services, who shall admin…

(a) All powers, duties, and functions of, and all related records, property, equipment of, and all contractual rights, obligations of, and unexpended balances of appropriations and other funds or allocations of the Division of Rehabilitation Services and the division’s component …

There is created the Board of Rehabilitation Services consisting of seven members, one from each United States Congressional District, appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate as follows: (1) Three members shall be individuals with a disability, selected from consume…

Of the members first appointed to the Board of Rehabilitation Services: one shall be appointed for a term of seven years; one for a term of six years; one for a term of five years; one for a term of four years; one for a term of three years; one for a term of two years; and one f…

Before entering upon the duties of office, each member of the board shall take and subscribe to an oath to uphold the Constitution and laws of the United States and this state and to perform the duties of office honestly, faithfully, and impartially. Each member shall give a bond…

Each member of the board shall receive travel and per diem compensation for expenses incurred in the conduct of official duties while attending meetings and transacting the business of the board, in accordance with applicable state travel and per diem paid to state employees. The…

The board shall elect a chair from its membership at the first meeting of initial board members on January 15, 1995, and every two years thereafter. A majority of the membership of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business. The board shall meet at le…

The board shall perform all of the following duties: (1) Make rules and regulations for the provision of rehabilitation services. (2) Direct and supervise the expenditure of legislative appropriations for rehabilitation services. (3) Prescribe qualifications for the commissioner,…