Attorney General Raoul Defends Program For Blind Americans From Federal Overreach – RiverBender (Alton)

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Through designated state licensing agencies, Illinois and other states recruit, train, license and support blind vendors, generating program revenue that funds those very functions. In December, the U.S. Secretary of Education gave the U.S. Army a broad, Army-wide exemption from the law, stripping away the opportunity for blind vendors to be prioritized in contracting to operate dining facilities, based on claims of cost concerns and isolated performance issues.