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Postsecondary Education

U.S. Department of Education released a new pamphlet on 8/23/02 titled:

Students with Disabilities Preparing for Postsecondary Education: Know Your Rights and Responsibilities

This document provides information on the rights and responsibilities of students with disabilities who plan to attend a postsecondary institution. This pamphlet also explains the obligations of postsecondary schools to provide academic adjustments to ensure that they do not discriminate on the basis of disability.

This pamphlet can be downloaded from the internet at: http://www.ed.gov/ocr/transition.html

Copies can be ordered by calling them at: 1-877-4-EDPUBS or on-line ordering at: http://www.ed.gov/about/ordering.jsp

Amendment to Higher Education Act passed by U.S. House of Representatives:

WASHINGTON, DC April 2006—An amendment introduced by Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX) to HR 609, the College Access and Opportunity Act of 2005, will allow students with intellectual disabilities to obtain valuable, paid work experience in college work study jobs while pursuing postsecondary studies. The amendment, which passed on a voice vote on March 29, is a real breakthrough for the growing number of students with intellectual disabilities who participate in postsecondary programs at two and four-year colleges and universities. HR 609 is the bill that will reauthorize the Higher Education Act.

In introducing the amendment, Rep. Sessions stated, "My goal is to help make it possible for these students to achieve their higher education goals and attain gainful employment," Sessions continued. "Greater productivity through employment will provide students with intellectual disabilities opportunities for greater self-sufficiency, more independence, and the ability to save for retirement and long term care." Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon (R-CA), Chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, and Rep. George Miller (D-CA), ranking Democrat on the Committee, both spoke in favor of the amendment. The amendment passed with strong bipartisan support.