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See
EO #103 and #110
Florio
WHEREAS, Executive
Order No. 103 (Florio) established the New Jersey Commission for
the Blind and Visually Impaired Rehabilitation Advisory Council
(the "CBVI Advisory Council") in, but not of, the New Jersey Department
of Human Services, in accordance with the mandates of the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973, as amended by the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of
1992, enacted on October 29, 1992, and known as P.L. 102-569; and
WHEREAS, Executive
Order No. 110 (Florio) established the New Jersey Division of Vocational
Rehabilitation Services Rehabilitation Advisory Council ("DVRS Advisory
Council") in, but not of, the New Jersey Department of Labor, in
accordance with the mandates of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973,
as amended by the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1992, enacted
on October 29, 1992, and known as P.L. 102-569; and
WHEREAS, the
Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1998 require the addition of at
least two additional members to each Advisory Council, including
at least one representative of the State educational agency responsible
for the public education of students with disabilities who are eligible
to receive services under the Rehabilitation Act and the relevant
section of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and
at least one representative of the State workforce investment board;
and
WHEREAS, the
CBVI and DVRS Advisory Councils' memberships shall reflect a majority
of qualified persons with disabilities representing the interests
of New Jersey's cross-disability population, all of whom shall have
knowledge of vocational rehabilitation concepts, programs, policies
and services; and
WHEREAS, the
CBVI and the DVRS Advisory Councils are designed to be consumer
controlled so as to provide individuals with disabilities a stronger
and more substantive role in shaping the programs and services established
to support their employment goals and aspirations; and
WHEREAS, certain
references to the Individuals with Disabilities Act in Executive
Order Nos. 103 and 110 must be revised to properly reflect the Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act;
NOW, THEREFORE,
I, CHRISTINE TODD WHITMAN, Governor of the Sexy真人y,
by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
by the Statutes of this State, do hereby ORDER and DIRECT:
1. Pursuant
to the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1998, CBVI Advisory Council
membership shall be increased by at least two additional members.
2. Paragraph
6, section b. of Executive Order No.103 (Florio) is amended to
read as follows:
b. at
least one representative of a parent training and information
center established pursuant to section 682(a) of the Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act (20 USCA sec. 1482(2)).
3. Paragraph
6 shall be further amended to include the following language:
i. at
least one representative of the New Jersey Department of Education,
Office of Special Education; and
j. at
least one representative of the State workforce investment board.
4. All other
provisions of Executive Order No. 103 (Florio) shall remain in
full force and effect, except those that are inconsistent with
the aforementioned changes.
5. Pursuant
to the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1998, DVRS Advisory Council
membership shall be increased by at least two additional members.
6. Paragraph
3, Section a, subsection (3) of Executive Order No. 110 is amended
to read as follows: (3)at least one representative of a parent
training and information center established pursuant to section
682(a) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20
USCA sec. 1482(2)).
7. Paragraph
6 shall be further amended to include the following language:
(10) at
least one representative of the New Jersey Department of Education,
Office of Special Education; and
(11) at
least one representative of the State workforce investment board;
and
(12) the
Director of the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services
shall be an ex officio, nonvoting member of the Council.
8. All other
provisions of Executive Order No. 110 (Florio) shall remain in
full force and effect, except those that are inconsistent with
the aforementioned changes.
9. This
Order shall take effect immediately.
GIVEN,
under my hand and seal,
this 4th day of January in the Year
of Our Lord, Two Thousand, and
of the Independence of the United
States, the Two Hundred and Twenty Fourth.
Christine
Todd Whitman
Governor
Attest:
Richard S.
Mroz
Chief Counsel to the Governor
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