VESID

Procedure for getting VESID, OVR, or

Commission for the Blind Book Vouchers

The current system established in the Bookstore for OVR/VESID students to purchase their books and supplies is as follows:

• Bookstore receives a voucher from the qualifying student's VESID counselor.
• Bookstore sets up a debit account for the approved amount from the voucher.
• Student goes to Bookstore and receives a form to present to the cashier along with their required book and supplies.
• Purchases are then deducted from their debit account in the Bookstore.
• At the end of the semester, the Bookstore bills the VESID agency for the amount of the books and supplies purchased by the student via his/her debit account.   (No money is ever exchanged between the student or the Bookstore.)  Bookstore attaches a copy of all signed receipts from the student purchases along with the voucher to the particular VESID agency sponsoring that student.
• When the check is received from VESID, it is deposited into an account to offset the purchases made by the student.  

NOTE: The vouchers only allow the student to purchase books and course related supplies. (Expendable supplies, e.g., pens, pencils, paper, are not included.)

It is the responsibility of the student to have his/her counselor submit a voucher to the Bookstore before the start of the semester.  In most cases the VESID or OVR  counselor is already aware of this and auto-matically submits one to the Bookstore.

Laurie Clink, Bookkeeper, I.C. Bookstore, Phillips Hall, 607-274-321 (lclink@ithaca.edu)

Rodney Beers, Textbook Operations Manager, I.C. Bookstore, Phillips Hall 607-274-3961 (rbeers@ithaca.edu).