Terms Used In West Virginia Code > Chapter 18 > Article 10J - Blind Persons' Literacy Rights and Education Act

• Blind or visually impaired child: means an individual who is eligible for special education services and who:

  (1) 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. See West Virginia Code 18-10J-2

• Braille: means the system of reading and writing through touch commonly known as standard English braille. See West Virginia Code 18-10J-2
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
• Teacher: means a teacher, supervisor, principal, superintendent, public school librarian or any other person regularly employed for instructional purposes in a public school in this state. See West Virginia Code 18-1-1