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1999 SESSION

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HB 1672 Data collection on students with disabilities.

Introduced by: Harry R. Purkey | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV); data collection on students with disabilities. Requires SCHEV, as part of its existing duty to develop a uniform comprehensive data information system on admissions, enrollments, etc., to collect data on self-identified students with documented disabilities. In higher education, students with disabilities are self-identified and are entitled to accommodations according to their disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The bill is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Technology and Science.


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