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Mark Watkins tells Senate panel his lived experience as a blind educator; committee to vote at next meeting
Summary
Mark Watkins, a BYU–Idaho professor and visually impaired member of the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired, appeared virtually before the Senate Health and Welfare Committee. He described his life and service and answered questions; the committee deferred a vote on his reappointment until its next meeting.
Mark Watkins appeared virtually before the Idaho Senate Health and Welfare Committee to discuss his gubernatorial reappointment to the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired.
Watkins identified himself as a Rexburg resident and a professor in the music department at Brigham Young University–Idaho. He told the committee he has been legally blind his whole life and became completely blind about seven years ago.…
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