State Superintendent’s Blind and Visual Impairment Education Advisory Council Braille Framework Subcommittee

Event Description

Time
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Date
Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Location
Via Microsoft Teams. Email bvi.advisorycouncil@wcbvi.k12.wi.us for meeting information.

Purpose
Council Purpose: The role of the State Superintendent’s Blind and Visual Impairment Education Council is to bring the voice of various special education stakeholders to the Department of Public Instruction (DPI), share information from DPI with those stakeholder groups, and provide input on pending rules, regulations, and Wisconsin’s federal reporting to the U.S. Department of Education. DPI strives to have advisory councils that reflect the racial, ethnic, and geographic diversity of Wisconsin. Members serve a three-year term and meet at least twice a year as described in the statute.

Council Functions:
1. Advise the state superintendent on such statewide services, activities, programs, investigations, and research as in its judgment will benefit pupils who are visually impaired.
2. Make recommendations for the improvement of services provided by the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired.
3. Review the level and quality of services available to pupils in the state who are visually impaired and make recommendations about those services.
4. Propose to the state superintendent ways to improve the preparation of teachers and other staff who provide services to pupils who are visually impaired.
5. Propose to the state superintendent ways to improve coordination between the department and other agencies in providing services to people who are visually impaired.

Agenda:

• Public Input and Comments, Introductions
• Update on suggestions in Barriers to Braille Summary
• Discuss Learning Media Assessment resources
• Update on WI Standards work
• Adjourn

Further Information
You may provide input to the meeting via letter, email, phone, or in person.
Contact April Peissig, Council Secretary and Kay Rhode, DPI Liaison to the Blindness & Visual Impairment Council at bvi.advisorycouncil@wcbvi.k12.wi.us or (608) 352-6148.