1. (a) Reader services are available only to customers who are blind and who are receiving vocational or academic training.
2. (b) The customer must use all other available reading sources to the greatest extent possible before seeking reimbursement from VRD for reader services.
3. (c) The maximum amount allowed per month for reader services is calculated according to the number of semester hours the customer is taking, whether during a fall, spring, or summer semester, and whether the customer is an undergraduate or graduate student. The rate of reimbursement is available from any VRD office during business hours.
4. (d) VRD does not pay for reader services rendered by a member of the customer's family.
5. (e) To receive reimbursement for reader services, the customer must submit the information required by VRD using the prescribed form.

Source Note:The provisions of this §856.55 adopted to be effective November 8, 2017, 42 TexReg 6195.