Title XIII, Education

As used in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Office" means the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, or the duly authorized division within the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation; (2) "Legally blind" means a visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye…

blind and visually impaired. (1) The executive director shall be appointed by the secretary of the Education and Labor Cabinet pursuant to KRS 12.050. (2) The office shall be the state agency responsible for all rehabilitation services for the blind and the visually impaired and …

Kentucky Industries for the Blind. (1) The General Assembly finds that the provision of industrial evaluation, training, and employment opportunities for individuals who are blind or visually impaired is a valuable and necessary component of vocational rehabilitation services. Th…

services. (1) The office may contract, to the extent funds are available under this chapter and under conditions and standards established by the office, with any nonprofit corporation able to provide expertise in the operation of workshops for and rehabilitation of individuals w…

information for the disabled. The General Assembly finds and declares that: (1) Approximately eight hundred seventy-four thousand (874,000) Kentuckians have disabilities and, of this number, approximately three hundred thousand (300,000) are blind or visually impaired or have oth…

As used in KRS 163.485 to 163.489, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Accessible electronic information service" means news and other timely information, including but not limited to magazines, newsletters, schedules, announcements, and newspapers, provided to eligible i…

provided -- Use of funding. (1) The Accessible Electronic Information Service Program is created and shall be provided by the office. The program shall include: (a) Intrastate access for eligible persons to read audio editions of newspapers, magazines, newsletters, schedules, ann…

The "deaf" and "hard of hearing" are persons who have hearing disorders. They are people who cannot hear and understand speech clearly through the ear alone, with or without hearing aids.

-- Compensation. (1) The Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing shall consist of: (a) Seven (7) members appointed by the Governor as follows: 1. One (1) audiologist chosen from a list of three (3) names submitted by the Kentucky Speech and Hearing Association; 2. Three (3) ha…

(1) The commission shall advise the Governor and the General Assembly concerning policy and programs to enhance the quality and coordination of services for the deaf and hard of hearing. (2) The commission shall cooperate with and assist local, state and federal governments and p…

(1) The commission shall employ an executive director who shall serve at the pleasure of the commission. The executive director shall be familiar with the problems of the deaf and hard of hearing. (2) Subject to the approval of the commission, the executive director shall: (a) Em…

All departments, divisions, boards, bureaus, commissions, or agencies of state government shall provide the commission data necessary to carry out its duties under KRS 163.510 and 163.515.

telecommunications equipment -- Authority for administrative regulations. (1) As used in this section and KRS 163.527: (a) "Specialized telecommunications equipment" means devices such as, but not limited to, telecommunications devices for the deaf, amplified phones, loud ringers…

The Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing shall provide to the General Assembly an annual report on the operation of the Telecommunications Access Program. The report shall be due on July 1 of each year, beginning July 1, 1995, and, at a minimum, provide: (1) The number of p…