178.160. State to furnish funds for readers for blind students, when. - Missouri Statutes

State to furnish funds for readers for blind students, when.

178.160. 1. Whenever a blind person who is a citizen ofthis state and a pupil in actual attendance in a local schooldistrict program or a special school district program or inactual attendance at a college, university, technical orprofessional school located in this state and authorized by lawto grant degrees, other than an institution established for theregular instruction of the blind, applies to rehabilitationservices for the blind for the aid provided under this section,the state shall pay the sum of five hundred dollars per annumwith which to employ a person or persons to read to the pupilfrom textbooks and pamphlets used by him in his studies at thecollege, university or school.

2. Blind persons who are eligible to receive the servicesof a reader under provisions of any other state or federalprogram are not eligible to receive the aid provided under thissection. However, money shall be paid under this section asmatching funds to the extent required to provide services of areader to blind persons who are eligible to receive the servicesof a reader under provisions of any other state or federalprogram, provided that the matching funds provided under thissection shall not exceed five hundred dollars per annum.

(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-16, A.L. 1977 H.B. 130, A.L. 1994 S.B. 619)

(Source: RSMo 1959 § 177.140)