Bill > H1336

This bill aims to create higher education opportunities for students with intellectual disabilities, autism, and other developmental disabilities who have exited special education. The key provisions of the bill are: 1. It establishes a task force to develop and pilot mechanisms to support institutions of higher education in offering opportunities for individuals with severe intellectual disabilities, severe autism spectrum disorders, or other severe developmental disabilities over the age of 21. 2. It allows these individuals to participate in undergraduate academic courses, internships, work-based training, and extracurricular activities at public institutions of higher education, without requiring them to meet certain academic criteria, such as standardized college entrance tests, high school diplomas, or minimum grade point averages. 3. It requires public institutions of higher education to provide individual supports and services to facilitate the inclusion of these individuals in academic and non-academic opportunities on campus. 4. It specifies that the costs associated with supporting the participation of these individuals in higher education may be covered by federal vocational rehabilitation funding, state developmental services funding, or other public or private sources available to the student. 5. The provisions of the bill are set to take effect for individuals with severe intellectual disabilities, severe autism spectrum disorders, or other severe developmental disabilities in higher education over the age of 21 on January 1, 2023, or an earlier date if certified as appropriate by the Secretary of Education and the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

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https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H1336