HB 1401 -- State Funding for Visually or Hearing Impaired Students Co-Sponsors: Merideth, Crowell, Shoemaker (8), Myers This bill permits the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to reimburse school districts for the costs of educating hearing impaired and visually impaired students who are eligible for special education services. Costs that exceed the average local, state, and federal funds expended for students who do not receive special education may be reimbursed, subject to appropriation.Copyright (c) Missouri House of Representatives