Students with developmental and intellectual disabilities; SCHEV to study. (SJ10)

Introduced By

Sen. Dave Marsden (D-Burke)

Description

Study; strategies for improving access to higher education for students with developmental and intellectual disabilities; report. Requests that each public institution of higher education in Virginia report to the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV), in the form and manner determined by SCHEV, on the number and percentage of students with developmental and intellectual disabilities who were enrolled at each public institution of higher education based on the fall counts for the 2014-2015 academic year, identify strategies that public institutions of higher education in other states use to improve access to higher education for students with developmental and intellectual disabilities, recommend strategies that the institution could use to annually increase the percentage of enrolled students with developmental and intellectual disabilities, and estimate the fiscal impact to the institution of an annual increase in the percentage of enrolled students with developmental and intellectual disabilities. The resolution requests that SCHEV collect and summarize the data, strategies, recommendations, and estimates received from each public institution of higher education and report its findings to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Disability Commission no later than November 30, 2015. The study is a recommendation of the Disability Commission. Read the Bill »

Status

03/03/2014: Failed to Pass in Committee

History