AUCDigest
April 10, 2006 • Volume 6, Number 60
Current and past editions of AUCD Legislative News in Brief are posted on the AUCD website. These weekly updates are intended to keep Association members informed about federal legislative and regulatory issues affecting people with disabilities, their families and the network of AUCD programs and centers.
Students with intellectual disabilities may be eligible for work study. An amendment introduced by Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX) to HR 609, the College Access and Opportunity Act of 2005, would allow students with intellectual disabiliteis to obtain valuable, paid work experience in college work study jobs while pursuing postsecondary studies.
Revised disability determination process affecting Title II (SSDI) and Title XVI (SSI). Effective August 1, both of these programs will implement revisions. Due to the growth and complexity of disability claims, SSA is making changes, both institutional and procedural, that it hopes will improve the accuracy, consistency, and fairness of the disability determination process. Read the Revised Disability Determination Process online.
New director for Office of Special Education Programs,
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