In addition to the funds provided by the State of Illinois, the Illinois Instructional Materials Center (IIMC) has the responsibility of administering the Federal Quota Funds from the American Printing House for the Blind. A student, who meets the Federal Quota Program eligibility requirements, can have materials ordered through the IMC from the American Printing House for the Blind on Federal Quota Funds.

Teachers and others may order materials direct from the American Printing House for the Blind, but the agency or person who places the order will be responsible for payment.

Registration for Federal Quota occurs in January of each year.

In order for students to be eligible for registration in the Federal Quota Program, they MUST meet the following requirements.

• Meet the definition of blindness-"central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with correcting glasses or a peripheral field so contracted that the widest diameter of such field subtends an angular distance no greater than 20 degrees"
• Be enrolled in a formally organized public or private, nonprofit educational program of less than college level
• Be enrolled with the registering school or agency on the first Monday in January There is no chronological age limit for eligibility. Adults to be registered must be receiving a minimum of 20 hours per week of instruction in an educational program. For these purposes, an adult is a student over school age as determined by respective state law