2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 158 - CONDUCT OF SCHOOLS -- SPECIAL PROGRAMS
158.281 Definitions for KRS 156.476, 158.281, 158.282, and 161.051.

Download as PDF 158.281 Definitions for KRS 156.476, 158.281, 158.282, and 161.051. As used in KRS 156.476, 158.282, 161.051, and this section: (1) "Braille" means the system of reading and writing through touch commonly known as Standard English Braille; (2) "Individualized education program (IEP)" means a written statement developed for an exceptional student eligible for special education services in accordance with administrative regulations promulgated pursuant to KRS 157.200 to 157.290; (3) "Blind student" means a student between the ages of three (3) and twenty-one (21) for whom an individualized education program is required and who: (a) 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 (b) Has a medically indicated expectation of visual deterioration which would bring the student within the provisions of subsection (3)(a) of this section; or (c) Functions as if he is blind even though the student may not technically meet the visual acuity or medical standards set forth in this subsection. Effective:July 14, 1992 History: Created 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 382, sec. 1, effective July 14, 1992.