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responsibility will be concerned with various components
of programs and services to the visually handicapped.
Additionally; direct service personnel may be allocated
to the regional education service center based on coopera-
tive agreements and/or regional needs as determined
through regional assessments and planning if such an ar-
rangement represents the most cost-effective and pro-
grammatically effective alternative.
Salaries for education service center personnel will be in
accordance with the salaries of similarly functioning per.
sonnel in each education service center.
1,1% (iv) Authority to contract for supplemental serv-
icek for the visually handicapped. Local programs for the
visually handicapped may contract with any qualified
public or private organizations or qualified individuals
for diagnostic, evaluation, instructional, and related
services or other services supplemental to the education of
the visually handicapped. Contracts using supplemental
funds may not include services normally available
through special education allocaions, including con-
tracts with approved nonpublic schools for exceptional
children. Such -ontract services should be described in
the local plan and budget which is submitted to the Texas
Education Agency.
(2) Planning, budgeting, evaluation, and alloca-
tion. Programs for the visually handicapped shall be im-
plemented and funded based on a system of continuous
planning, budgeting, and evaluation. Information
derived from the system shill be used for program
renewal and decision making Gt all levels of performance.
(A) Planning, budgeting, and evaluation pro-
cess. Within a reasonable period of time, a planning,
budgeting, and evaluation system will be developed with-
in eac program for the visually handicapped. The pro-
cess will be used for making application to the Texas
Education Agency for allocating funds for programs.
(B) Management information system and re-
porting. With appropriate approval from the Reports
Management System, Executive Planning Committee, and
Commissioner's Coordinating Council of the Texas
Education Agency, the Statewide Program for the
Visually Handicapped will determine the information re-.
quirement. for reporting to various groups to which pro-
grams for the visually handicapped are to be held accoun-
table. Minimum information expected would include:
(I) measurement of the performance of both stu-
dents and personnel; and
(ii) provision of data to determine the effective-
ness and efficiency of programs serving the visually
handicapped.
Data will be collected, analyzed, and reported at the
local, regional, and state levels. These data included in
the management Information system will be ongoing with
occasional special studies conducted. Feedback for
educational renewal and placement will occur at each
level of Information collecting, analyzing, and reporting.
(C) On-site reviews of programs for the visually
handicapped. On-site reviews of programs for the
visually handicapped will be conducted at least every
three years or more often as necessary. The responsibility
for conducting reviews will rest with the Statewide Pro-
gram for the Visually Handicapped, Texas EducationAgency. The purpose of the program reviews will be to
determine:
(i) compliance .with policies, procedures, and
standards as determined by the Texas Education Agency
and approved by the State Board of Education;
(ii) effectiveness and efficiency of the programs;
(iii) appropriateness of educational programs
for the visually handicapped; and
(iv) adequacy of instructional support.
Evaluations performed by team mea mbers will be based on
predetermined written objective crieria.
(D) Financial allocations.
(i) Basic comprehensive special education serv-
ices for the visually handicapped A hall be supported
through the usual Foundation School Program funds and
special education allocation process.
(Ii) Supplemental Foundation School Program
funds will support eligible programs in the provision of
the comprehensive educational and related services to the
visually handicapped. These funds will be in addition to
other school district allocations and may not be used in
lieu of special education or regular education funding
otherwise available. Personnel positions, materials,
transportation, staff development, and other resources
necessary for the effective delivery of services to the
visually handicapped will be determined and approved
for funding based on substantiated program needs.
Funding for programs will be negotiated through the
Statewide Program for the Visually Handicapped. The
negotiating process will require information as to the pro-
gram's current use of resources in an effective manner,
documented evidence that additional resources are re-
quired, and a sufficiently detailed plan as to how the ad.-
ditiopal resources will be used.
Eligible programs may make application for funding to
the Statewide Program for the Visually Handicapped by
use of Texas Education Agency form SPE-080, available
from the Texas Education Agency. Applications will be
due annually at a time specified by the commissioner of
education. Emergency applications may be submitted at
any time during the year. The Texas Education Agency
will approve supplemental funding based upon: review of
the application and all supportive documentation; evi-
dence that the application requests funding supplemental
in nature and will not be tased to supplant other available
resources; compliance with State Board of Education
policies and administrative procedures; and the
availability of funds.
The approved application will constitute a contract. Ap-
proved programs must keep revenue and expenditure ac-
counts in accordance with Bulletin 679, Financial Ac-
counting Manual. Any change in the spending pattern set
forth i the initial budget (beyond specified limits) will
require an approved budget amendment. Besides state
and local efforts for funding, programs serving visually
handicapped are encouraged to seek other needed
revenues and services through federal or other sources.
These funds or services, however, should be reflected in
the program plan and budget.
(iii) Priorities for supplemental funding for the
visually handicapped for 1977-78 include: school dis-
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