2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 10-293. Board of Education and Services for the Blind; meetings.

      Sec. 10-293. Board of Education and Services for the Blind; meetings. (a) The Board of Education and Services for the Blind shall consist of seven members, six of whom shall be appointed by the Governor and shall be residents of this state. The Commissioner of Social Services shall be a member, ex officio. One of the members appointed by the Governor shall be the parent of a child who receives services provided by the board, and not less than two of the members appointed by the Governor shall be blind persons. The Governor may, for reasonable cause, remove any appointed member and appoint another person to fill the vacancy for the unexpired portion of the term. The board shall meet annually in the month of September and may meet at any other time upon the call of its director; and the director shall call a meeting at the request of two members. Any appointed member who fails to attend three consecutive meetings or fifty per cent of all meetings held during any calendar year shall be deemed to have resigned. A majority of the members in office shall constitute a quorum. The board shall adopt rules for its own action and regulations for determining what persons shall receive benefits under the provisions of this chapter.

      (b) The Board of Education and Services for the Blind shall be within the Department of Social Services for administrative purposes only.

      (1949 Rev., S. 1608; 1957, P.A. 249; September, 1957, P.A. 13, S. 7; 1961, P.A. 539, S. 2; 1963, P.A. 386, S. 1; 1967, P.A. 582, S. 1; P.A. 74-150, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 536, 610; P.A. 84-361, S. 1, 7; P.A. 88-156, S. 6; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 04-90, S. 1.)

      History: 1961 act allowed governor to appoint staff member in his place and changed secretary of board to executive secretary; 1963 act changed name of board and made executive secretary its director; 1967 act changed membership requirements for board by adding an additional member who shall be a blind person for a total of eight members, two of whom shall be blind; P.A. 74-150 deleted requirement that one member be a woman; P.A. 77-614 removed governor and chief justice of supreme court as members, installed commissioner of human resources as member, decreased number of members to seven and added Subsec. (b) placing board within human resources department for administrative purposes, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 84-361 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provisions re attendance requirements for retaining membership and re members needed for quorum; P.A. 88-156 deleted language re four-year term of office; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of human resources, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 04-90 amended Subsec. (a) to require that one member be the parent of a child who receives services provided by the board and not less than two members be blind persons and to make conforming and technical changes.

      See title 2c re termination under "Sunset Law".

      See Sec. 4-38f for definition of "administrative purposes only".