WHEREAS, blind vendors in Maryland should be entitled to all of the rights and legal protections of the Randolph-Sheppard Act; and
WHEREAS, in ten years, since the promulgation of Federal regulations to implement the Randolph-Sheppard Act, the Maryland State Division of Vocational Rehabilitation has still failed to approve and issue the required state regulations, causing serious doubt as to whether Maryland has a legal program under the Randolph-Sheppard Act; and
WHEREAS, the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation still requires each blind vendor to pay a set-aside charge, even though the charge is not legally approved as required by the Randolph Sheppard Act; and
WHEREAS, the rights of blind vendors in Maryland can only be secured if the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation fully complies with the Federal Randolph-Sheppard requirements, including having advance Federal approval for any set-aside charges or any changes therein: Now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the National Federation of the Blind of Maryland in Convention assembled this fourth day of October, 1987, in the City of Frostburg, Maryland, that this organization shall petition the Maryland State Board of Education to approve state regulations for the blind vending program and to apply for their Federal approval.