MIRC

Missouri Instructional Resource Center
For The Visually Impaired

The Missouri Instructional Resource Center f/t Visually Impaired (MIRC) coordinates the registration of students who are legally blind and administers the Federal Quota Funds. By law, the funds must be used to purchase braille and large print texts and specialized educational materials produced by the American Printing House for the Blind (APH). The students may be in public, parochial, or home schools and agencies statewide.

Additional Information and Resources

Registration of Legally Blind Students and Federal Quota Funds




What is the Federal Quota?

 

Registration Instructions with eligibility and documentation requirements

• Infant Registration Instructions (birth to age 2)

• Registration Instructions (age 3 to adult)

 

Registration Forms

• Infant Registration Form (birth to age 2)

• Registration form (age 3 to adult)

• Visual Acuity Verification Form

• APH-MSB Release of Information Form
• APH-MSB Release of Information Form - Spanish

 

Policy on Materials Distribution

 

How to Request Materials

• APH Product Request form

• Textbook Request form

 

Return and/or Repair of APH Materials & Textbooks

• Equipment Return form

• Free Matter for the Blind (U.S. Postal Service Document)

 

APH Information Resources (PowerPoint Presentation)

Contact MIRC

Address:

Missouri Instructional Resource Center

Gabrielle Borders, Supervisor

Missouri School for the Blind

3815 Magnolia Avenue

St. Louis, MO 63110

Telephone:

314-633-1551

 

 

E-mail:

Gabrielle.Borders@msb.dese.mo.gov