This Legislative Appropriation Request (LAR) requests a total of $46,325,825 for the Texas Commission for the Blind for Fiscal Year 2000 and $46,934,426 for Fiscal Year 2001. Funds are designed to meet three major goals: (1) assist Texans who are blind or visually impaired in achieving independent living goals by providing a program of developing independent living skills and increasing the number of children who achieve their habilitative goals by providing habilitative services to children with blindness and visual impairments; (2) assist clients to secure or maintain employment by providing vocational rehabilitation services to consumers and providing employment opportunities in the food service industry; and (3) provide appropriate funds for indirect administration of the program, information resources, and other support services. Charts detail the funding requests for individual line items. (CR)