{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-59-34-20","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 59-34-20","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this chapter:\n(1) \"Blind student\" means an individual who is eligible for special education services and who:\n(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\n(b) has a medically indicated expectation of visual deterioration.\n(2) \"Braille\" means the system of reading and writing through touch commonly known as standard English Braille.\n(3) \"Individualized education program\" means a written statement developed for a student eligible for special education services pursuant to Section 602(a)(20) of Part A of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. Section 1401(a).","path":["Title 59 - EDUCATION","CHAPTER 34 Blind Persons' Literacy Rights and Education"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t59c034.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T08:00:14Z","sha256":"88ed20ad13a6dc015385ab18c39564ba591a11c62dc6c86a1e5bf0d9357ec869","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-59-34-10","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-59-34-30"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}