| (v) maintenance of effective liaison with other agencies and service providers involved with services to students with visual impairments. (B) Delivery method. (i) Students receive services described in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph in their local schools. TEA staff work directly with local school districts in evaluating programs, developing standards and guidelines, providing technical assistance, and keeping a registry of students with visual impairments. Funding is based on the needs of the districts' programs. (ii) TEA's Division of Special Education Funding (Services for the Visually Impaired) is primarily responsible for the ongoing development and administration of comprehensive statewide services for the education of students with visual impairments, as assigned by law. (C) Eligibility requirements. Students
must be legally blind and age 0 through 21. (6) Services for students with visual impairments--education service centers. (A) Service description. (i) Funding supports: (I) existing programs, to expand direct and supportive services for students with visual impairments which are not available through use of other funds; (II) development of special cooperatives formed specifically to meet the educational and related service needs; (III) programs for infants with visual impairments; and (IV) minimum components of services in each education service center to provide direct services and technical assistance as needed. (ii) Specific types of activities include: (I) supplemental instructional services; (II) orientation and mobility training; (III) parent counseling and training;
(IV) special diagnostics; (V) other special related services; (VI) special media, materials, and equipment; and (VII) staff development and other supplemental services. (B) Delivery method. Students receive services in their local schools. Local school districts and regional education service centers may apply for state supplemental funding aid for special services to students with visual impairments. Funding does not supplant other existing funds or programs and is allocated by TEA. (C) Eligibility requirements. Students served must be students with visual impairments ages 0 through 21, who meet eligibility criteria for the visually impaired as outlined in the Texas Administrative Code, Title 19, §89.211(d) (concerning Students with Disabilities). Funding to districts is on a need/application basis rather than formal allocation. (c) Service delivery
data. (1) Types of data collected on children and youth include: (A) number of students with disabilities by district, age, disabling condition, and services provided including residential contract care; (B) number of different student populations residing in each district apart from parent or guardian; (C) number of economically disadvantaged students by district; (D) number of special student populations by district (example: migrant, bilingual, and limited English proficient; refugees; legal; and undocumented immigrants); and (E) number of students with disabilities and number of students without disabilities in correctional facilities and other state-operated residential facilities. (2) The contact person for the interagency coordination for the student with disabilities may be reached at (512) 463-9283.
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