(A) As used in this chapter, a person with a "visual impairment" means the person is blind, visually impaired, deafblind, or has multiple disabilities if one of the disabilities is vision related.
(B) Subject to the regulations adopted by the department of education and workforce, the state school for the blind shall be open to receive persons who are residents of this state, whose disabilities are visual impairments, and who, in the judgment of the director of education and workforce and the superintendent of Ohio deaf and blind education services, due to such disability, cannot be educated in the public school system and are suitable persons to receive instructions according to the methods employed in the school.
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