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Senate panel moves Catherine Oker’s reappointment to Commission for the Blind to full Senate
Summary
The Family and Veterans' Services Committee unanimously approved moving Catherine Oker’s reappointment for the South Carolina Commission for the Blind to the full Senate after a screening in which she described decades of experience with visually impaired students and identified agency priorities.
The Family and Veterans' Services Committee voted unanimously to forward Catherine Oker’s reappointment as the Third Congressional District representative on the South Carolina Commission for the Blind to the full Senate after a screening hearing.
Oker told the committee she began working with visually impaired and blind students in 1978 and has served on the commission since approximately 2020. She said she teaches a limited number of homebound students since retiring from full-time work and wants to continue supporting statewide services, especially for an aging population that experiences vision loss. “Braille is essential,” she told the committee, describing the commission’s role…
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