This appropriations bill, signed in 2023, increased the Florida CTP scholarship amount for eligible students from a maximum of $7,000 to $15,000. Student eligibility is detailed in section 1004....Read more
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Signed into law in 2016, this act established the Florida Center for Students with Unique Abilities and charged the Center with managing the Florida Postsecondary Comprehensive Transition Program application and approval process. The act also established scholarship awards for students, grant awards to promote new program development and existing program enhancements, and accountability requirements associated with these opportunities....Read more
This legislation, enacted in 2020, appropriates $500,000 in funding for inclusive postsecondary education for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in the FY 2021 Georgia state budget....Read more
Enacted in 2015, this legislation created a committee which conducted a study into postsecondary education and employment needs for individuals with IDD. It recommended that the Georgia legislature create an Employment First Georgia Council under the Georgia vocational rehabilitation agency....Read more
This bill was signed on 4/27/23. Section 1, Subpart 12 encompasses the requirements and procedures of a 5-year pilot of a state-funded scholarship for IPSE students. In the fiscal budget year 2024...Read more
This Think College Snapshot captures data from June 2019 on specific markers of higher education programs for students with intellectual disabilities, including which are designated as...Read more
Why GAO Did This Study: Research suggests that more students with disabilities are pursuing higher education than in years past, and recent legislative changes, such as those in the Higher...Read more
Staff from the Institute for Community Inclusion, at the University of Massachusetts Boston, asked 50 students with intellectual disabilities who have participated in inclusive college experiences...Read more
Presented at the CEC LIVE 2021 conference, Clare Papay and Meg Grigal shared findings from a study that analyzed data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study 2012 to determine if youth...Read more
This presentation, delivered virtually for the 2020 DCDT Annual Conference, is the first presentation in a series from the Moving Transition Forward project, which will examine the composition and...Read more