1. (a) The Board of Education and Services for the Blind (BESB), pursuant to Conn. Gen. Stat. Sec. 10-295(a), may provide time-limited educational services to a child whose vision may be greater than legally blind or visually impaired if the child is eligible for special education services as defined in Conn. Gen. Stat. Sec. 10-76a(4). These services will apply to a child who:

   1. (1) has a diagnosed progressive vision loss or(2) was a BESB client immediately preceding a determination that the child was no longer legally blind or visually impaired. Services in the cases described in this subdivision (2) will continue for the remainder of the current school year under the guidelines of the applicable Education Plan. Such services to said child in the subsequent school year will be limited to no-cost services, if available, such as consultation by a BESB TVI twice in a school year and the loan of large print textbooks and materials available from the lending library at BESB. No additional services will be provided unless a reevaluation by a physician or optometrist indicates that the child's eye condition is deteriorating and will result in visual impairment or legal blindness within the next school year.

(Effective May 9, 2011)