The Disability Services Council

How and When the Council was Created

The Disability Services Council was established in the same legislation as the Disability Services Boards during the 1992 Virginia General Assembly.

Mission and Duties

The Council develops guidelines for DSB establishment, needs assessment reports, and the Rehabilitative Services Incentive Fund (RSIF). The Council reviews RSIF request proposals for consistency with the guidelines and determine awards for competitive RSIF proposals.

Minutes

• DSC Meeting Notes: November 16, 2004.
• DSC Meeting Minutes: June 24, 2003.
• DSC Meeting Minutes: May 10, 2002.
• DSC Meeting Minutes: March 5, 2003.

Membership

The Council membership consists of the following: Commissioner of the Department of Rehabilitative Services, the Commissioner of the Department for the Blind and Vision impaired, the Director of the Department for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, the Superintendent of Public Instruction for the Department of Education, three consumer members with a physical or sensory disabilities and one representative of local government.

Budget

There are no funds appropriated to the Disability Services Council. The Department of Rehabilitative Services absorbs the cost of member travel, staff support, etc.

Membership

Toney Lineberry, Chair and Consumer

Bonnie Marie Ryan, Consumer

Thomas C. Michael, Consumer

William C. Chase, Jr., Local Government Representative

Douglas Cox, Director of Special Education

Department of Education

Joseph A. Bowman, Commissioner

Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired

James A. Rothrock, M.S., L.P.C., Commissioner

Department of Rehabilitative Services

Ronald Lanier, Director

Department for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing