Definitions

  1. Law
  2. Georgia Code
  3. Handicapped Persons
  4. Blind Persons' Literacy Rights and Education
  5. Definitions

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As used in this chapter, the term:

  1. "Blind student" means an individual who is eligible for special education services and who:
    1. 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 20 degrees; or
    2. Has a medically indicated expectation of visual deterioration.
  2. "Braille" means the system of reading and writing through touch commonly known as standard English Braille.
  3. "Individualized education program" means a written statement developed for a student eligible for special education services pursuant to Section 602(a)(20) of Part A of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C.A. Section 1401(a)(20).

(Code 1981, §30-7-2, enacted by Ga. L. 1994, p. 1796, § 3.)


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