From: Kelly Pierce 
Subject: blind telecommuting
SUBCHAPTER b 
SUBPART C:  TRAINING AND RELATED SERVICES
Section 590.250     Choice of Training Facility/Institution
     a)   To the maximum extent possible, the customer shall have 
         the choice of the training facility/institution he/she   
       will attend in completion of his/her IWRP (89 Ill. Adm.    
      Code 572).  However, facilities within the State of         
 Illinois shall be given preference and State operated          
institutions of higher education shall be given
          preference over private and out-of-state institutions.
     b)   Although in-state, State operated facilities and local  
        community college must be given preference, a customer's  
        choice to attend a private or out-of-state
          facility/institution may be approved if:
          1)   there is no comparable training at a State
operated                facility, in-state facility, or the
customer's                local community college as verified by
the
               counselor based on information regarding
               curriculum, recommendation of colleagues, and past 
              experience with facilities/institutions offering    
           training in the area of the customer's employment      
         objective;
          2)   the cost of the training at the private or out-of- 
             state facility/institution is less than that of the  
             same or similar training at a State operated         
      facility/institution, in-state facility/institution         
      or local community college;
          3)   because of the customer's particular impediments
to                employment, no State operated facility/
               institution, in-state facility/institution or the  
             local community college is accessible for the        
       customer.  Whether an in-state facility's/
               institution's training is accessible to the
               customer shall be determined by the counselor
based                on information regarding curriculum,
               recommendations of colleagues and past experience  
             with facilities/institutions offering training in    
           the area of the customer's employment objective.                 
89 ILLINOIS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE  CH. IV, 
590.250                                                    
SUBCHAPTER b 
     c)   If none of the circumstances listed in Section 590.250  
        (b) above is met, DORS shall only authorize the total     
     cost of tuition, fees and maintenance up to the cost of      
    attending the most expensive state operated facility (89      
    Ill. Adm. Code 590, Subpart J), less scholarships, other      
    comparable benefits (89 Ill. Adm. Code 567) and required      
    customer financial participation (89 Ill. Adm. Code 562).     
      If one or more of the criteria is met, DORS may authorize   
       up to the total cost of the training, less scholarship,    
      comparable benefits and customer financial participation.
(Source: Amended at 19 Ill. Reg. 10153, effective June 29, 1995)
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