Amy Dwyre D'Agati
University of Maryland
Center for Transition and Career Innovation
4716 Pontiac St, Suite 1100
College Park, MD 20740
P: 443.416.4078
adwyre@umd.edu
A BILL ENTITLED AN ACT concerning University of Maryland, College Park Campus – TerpsEXCEED Program
The Maryland Developmental Disabilities Council announced funding in 2020 for the Technical Assistance Hub for Postsecondary Education Opportunities. The Hub will connect, support, and train colleges and universities to develop or improve inclusive higher education programs. The Hub will also support the expansion of inclusive, dual enrollment programs for students with disabilities age 18 - 21.
This bill, expired in 2019, would have required the Governor of Maryland to include funding in the annual state budget for a new competitive grant program that will fund supplemental services and supports for students with disabilities at Maryland community colleges. The funding amount in the budget would be at least $2,500,000 each year, beginning in FY 2021, and the grant program would be administered by the Maryland Higher Education Commission.
A Task Force was created by the Maryland General Assembly in July 2013, as a result of this bill.
Among the Task Force recommendations:
A Maryland bill signed May 25, 2017. This bill established a new program to award competitive grants to institutions that create and implement inclusive pilot programs for students with IDD. Recipient institutions need to develop a program that promotes inclusion within all aspects of student life, and ensure that students have inclusive academic access, instruction, career development, campus engagement, self-determination, paid work experience, campus living, and social activities.
