Blind student defined for purposes of braille literary assessment and educational services

For the purposes of § 13-37-30 , a blind student is any individual who is eligible for special education services and who has a visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with correcting lenses or has a limited field of vision such that the widest diameter subtends an angular distance of no greater than twenty degrees or has a medically indicated expectation of visual deterioration. For the purposes of § 13-37-30 , braille is the system of reading and writing through touch commonly known as standard English braille. Source: SL 1991, ch 152 , § 1.