South Dakota Codified Laws 13-37-29. Blind student defined for purposes of braille literary assessment and educational services
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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.
Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 13-37-29
- special education: means educational services and auxiliary services provided children in need of special education or special education and related services pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and shall include school instruction conforming as nearly as possible to the school program as defined in accreditation rules under duly qualified special education teachers to the extent that the child in need of special education or special education and related services is capable of profiting. See South Dakota Codified Laws 13-37-2
Source: SL 1991, ch 152, § 1.