Bill > S4211

Introduced Session

This bill provides for the establishment of county college-based adult centers for transition, which will serve developmentally disabled individuals up to the age of 24. The bill also makes an annual appropriation of $4.5 million for the bill's purposes. This bill requires the board of trustees of each county college to establish a county college-based adult center for transition for developmentally disabled individuals up to the age of 24 to experience a more successful transition from secondary school to postsecondary education, adult employment, and independent living opportunities and skills, as appropriate. Under the bill, the board is required to appoint a person qualified by training and experience to direct and administer the adult center for transition. The bill provides that the purpose of a county college-based adult center will be to: (1) coordinate and integrate existing county and State-based services, programs, and resources; and (2) ensure that individuals with developmental disabilities up to the age of 24 have opportunities to receive mentoring, job coaching, skill training, and any other appropriate wrap-around services to help them make a successful transition into employment and independent living, as appropriate. Under the bill, the board of trustees of a county college may receive and expend moneys from the State and federal governments or private individuals, corporations, associations, or college foundations to meet the expenses of the county college-based adult center for transition. The bill also provides for an annual appropriation from the General Fund to the Office of the Secretary of Higher Education in the amount of $4,500,000 for the purposes of fulfilling the bill's provisions. The bill directs the Office of the Secretary of Higher Education to distribute grants to county college-based adult centers for transition in such amounts and by such criteria as are determined by the Secretary of Higher Education.

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Daniel Benson (D)*,  Kristin Corrado (R)*,  Stephen Sweeney (D)*,  Andrew Zwicker (D)*,  Tony Bucco (R),  Patrick Diegnan (D),  Linda Greenstein (D),  Mila Jasey (D),  Tom Kean (R),  Pam Lampitt (D),  Declan O'Scanlon (R),  Teresa Ruiz (D),  Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D), 

Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (78-0-0) (on 01/10/2022)

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