Beth Lasky, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Special Education
California State University, Northridge
18111 Nordhoff St.
Northridge, CA 91330-8265
P: 818-677-2725
beth.lasky@csun.edu
Status: Passed
This item in the governor’s budget designates $2M to create and operate an Inclusive College Technical Assistance Center from ongoing Proposition 98 General Fund.
Date Introduced: 2/26/23
Status: Passed 10/10/23
Reintroduced in 2023, this bill would expand the existing inclusive college programs in California by requiring the California State University, and requesting the University of California, to establish and maintain inclusive college programs for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities at 4-year public postsecondary educational institutions. Existing law already provides for the definition and functions of these programs in California – such as person-centered planning, and inclusive environments, supports and services.
Issued in March 2015, this report calls for the creation of a data collection system that will track students with intellectual/developmental disabilities in California so that information therein can be used to monitor and evaluate existing postsecondary education options. Calls for more state collaboration and urges inclusive postsecondary education curriculum developers to place greater emphasis upon preparing students with intellectual/developmental disabilities for adult independent living.
This bill, introduced in 2016, would have established a Blue Ribbon Commission to develop recommendations for access and affordability. The commission was designed to have nine members appointed equally by the governor, the Senate Committee on Rules and the speaker of the assembly and will determine amount of increased investments needed for universal postsecondary education. The commission's recommendations were to be submitted to the governor and California legislature.
