MA H1219

Bill

Creating higher education opportunities for students with intellectual disabilities, autism, and other developmental disabilities

Introduced
01/22/2019

In Committee
01/22/2019

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to creating higher education opportunities for students with intellectual disabilities, autism, and other developmental disabilities. Higher Education.

AI Summary

This bill aims to create higher education opportunities for students with intellectual disabilities, autism, and other developmental disabilities. Key provisions include: 1. Expanding the mission of the state's higher education system to include providing inclusive educational opportunities for individuals with severe intellectual disabilities, autism, and other severe developmental disabilities. 2. Allowing these individuals to participate in undergraduate academic courses, internships, and extracurricular activities at public universities without the usual requirements like standardized test scores, high school diplomas, or minimum GPAs. 3. Requiring public universities to provide individual supports and services to facilitate the inclusion of these students, with the costs eligible for special education funding or other public sources. 4. Establishing a discretionary grant program to support partnerships between school districts and public universities to offer "inclusive concurrent enrollment" options for students aged 18-21 with severe disabilities. 5. Directing the relevant state agencies to coordinate policies and practices to maximize federal funding and support the inclusion of students with severe disabilities in higher education.

Committee Categories

Education

Sponsors (84)

Brian Ashe (D), Bruce Ayers (D), Ruth Balser (D), Christine Barber (D), Mike Barrett (D), Jennifer Benson (D), Natalie Blais (D), Paul Brodeur (D), Tony Cabral (D), Dan Cahill (D), Linda Campbell (D), Gerry Cassidy (D), Tackey Chan (D), Edward Coppinger (D), Claire Cronin (D), Daniel Cullinane (D), Josh Cutler (D), Angelo D'Emilia (R), Marjorie Decker (D), Diana Dizoglio (D), Mindy Domb (D), William Driscoll Jr. (D), Michelle DuBois (D), Carolyn Dykema (D), Lori Ehrlich (D), Jamie Eldridge (D), Nika Elugardo (D), Kim Ferguson (R), Ann-Margaret Ferrante (D), Carole Fiola (D), Cindy Friedman (D), Bill Galvin (D), Sean Garballey (D), Denise Garlick (D), Carmine Gentile (D), Susan Gifford (R), Carlos González (D), Ken Gordon (D), Danielle Gregoire (D), Pat Haddad (D), Jim Hawkins (D), Stephen Hay (D), Jonathan Hecht (D), Natalie Higgins (D), Bradford Hill (R), Russell Holmes (D), Randy Hunt (R), Pat Jehlen (D), Brad Jones (R), Louis Kafka (D), Hannah Kane (R), Patrick Kearney (D), John Keenan (D), James Kelcourse (R), Kay Khan (D), David LeBoeuf (D), Jack Lewis (D), Jason Lewis (D), David Linsky (D), Adrian Madaro (D), Joe McGonagle (D), Paul McMurtry (D), Christina Minicucci (D), Mike Moore (D), Matt Muratore (R), Brian Murray (D), Jim O'Day (D), Smitty Pignatelli (D), Elizabeth Poirier (R), Denise Provost (D), Angelo Puppolo (D), Dave Rogers (D), Jeff Roy (D), Angelo Scaccia (D), Tom Stanley (D), José Tosado (D), Dean Tran (R), Paul Tucker (D), Steve Ultrino (D), Aaron Vega (D), Dave Vieira (R), Tommy Vitolo (D), Bud Williams (D), Jon Zlotnik (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a new draft, see H4419 (on 02/20/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1219

(15 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1219
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1219.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1208	Requiring sexual misconduct climate surveys at institutions of higher education	Accompanied a new draft, see H4418	Similar To
H1218	Creating higher education opportunities for students with intellectual disabilities, autism, and other developmental disabilities who have exited special education	Accompanied a new draft, see H4419	Similar To
H4177	Relative to the training of higher education counselors on deployment-related health conditions	Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
H4419	Creating higher education opportunities for students with intellectual disabilities, autism, and other developmental disabilities	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Replaced by
H477	To assure opportunity for all students with disabilities	Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
H481	To fund a more affordable public higher education system in Massachusetts	Accompanied a study order, see H5209	Similar To
H8	Relative to higher education boards of trustees	Accompanied a new draft, see H4075	Similar To
S1055	Relative to social media privacy protection	Bill reported favorably by committee as changed and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S1724	Establishing a college tuition tax deduction	Accompanied a study order, see H5040	Similar To
S2183	To support improved financial stability in higher education	Accompanied a new draft, see H4075	Similar To
S755	To require disclosure of conflicts of interests in academic institutions	Accompanied a study order, see S2541	Similar To
S759	Protecting public higher education student information	Accompanied a new draft, see S2736	Similar To
S761	Relative to transparency in higher education	Accompanied a new draft, see H4075	Similar To
S762	Relative to advance placement examinations	Accompanied a new draft, see S2738	Similar To
S768	Related to educational courses in wine tasting at a qualified institution of higher education	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To

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