State Legislation

This legislation, enacted in June 2016, creates a pilot program at University of Northern Colorado, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, and Arapahoe Community College.  The program is supported through a collaboration between the Department of Higher Education, JFK Partners, and the Colorado Initiative for Inclusive Higher Education. Program site institutions must collaborate with Colorado Department of Labor and Employment to identify VR supports and opportunities. 

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.

In 2016, Minnesota State was charged with the task of developing a plan for inclusive programming specifically for those individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (2016, Chapter 189, Article 1, Section 29). A team of faculty, staff, and community members with interest and expertise in serving students with intellectual and developmental disabilities was convened. Team members represented a variety of functional areas including accessibility/disability services, faculty in occupational skills programs, career services, and student services.