[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR395.14]

[Page 469]
 
                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
            REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 395--VENDING FACILITY PROGRAM FOR THE BLIND ON FEDERAL AND OTHER PROPERTY--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart B--The State Licensing Agency
 
Sec.  395.14  The State Committee of Blind Vendors.

    (a) The State licensing agency shall provide for the biennial 
election of a State Committee of Blind Vendors which, to the extent 
possible, shall be fully representative of all blind vendors in the 
State program on the basis of such factors as geography and vending 
facility type with a goal of providing for proportional representation 
of blind vendors on Federal property and blind vendors on other 
property. Participation by any blind vendor in any election shall not be 
conditioned upon the payment of dues or any other fees.
    (b) The State Committee of Blind Vendors shall:
    (1) Actively participate with the State licensing agency in major 
administrative decisions and policy and program development decisions 
affecting the overall administration of the State's vending facility 
program;
    (2) Receive and transmit to the State licensing agency grievances at 
the request of blind vendors and serve as advocates for such vendors in 
connection with such grievances;
    (3) Actively participate with the State licensing agency in the 
development and administration of a State system for the transfer and 
promotion of blind vendors;
    (4) Actively participate with the State licensing agency in the 
development of training and retraining programs for blind vendors; and
    (5) Sponsor, with the assistance of the State licensing agency, 
meetings and instructional conferences for blind vendors within the 
State.