SJR 10 Students with developmental and intellectual disabilities; SCHEV to study

About SJR-10

Study; strategies for improving access to higher education for students with developmental and intellectual disabilities; report. Requests the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) to study strategies for improving access to higher education for students with developmental and intellectual disabilities. In conducting the study, SCHEV shall report on the number and percentage of students with developmental and intellectual disabilities who were enrolled at each public institution of higher education based on the fall counts for the 2014-2015 academic year, identify strategies that public institutions of higher education in other states use to improve access to higher education for students with developmental and intellectual disabilities, recommend strategies that the institution could use to annually increase the percentage of enrolled students with developmental and intellectual disabilities, and estimate the fiscal impact to the institution of an annual increase in the percentage of enrolled students with developmental and intellectual disabilities. The study is a recommendation of the Disability Commission.