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The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and now requires vocational rehabilitation (VR) agencies to set aside at least 15% of their federal funds to provide "pre-employment transition services" to "Students with Disabilities who are eligible or potentially eligible for VR services."

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What is a Student with a Disability?
What are the required Pre-employment transition services?
What are additional authorized Pre-Employment Transition Services?
What is Pre-Employment Transition Coordination?

What is a Student with a Disability?

A Student with a inability is an private with a inability in a secondary, postsecondary, or other recognized education program who -

is not younger than the earliest age for the provision of transition services under section 614(d)(ane)(A)(i)(Viii) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (twenty UsC. 1414(d)(1)(A)(i)(VIII) unless the state elects a lower minimum age for receipt of pre-employment services and is not younger than that minimum age; and
is not older than 21; unless the individual country law provides for a college maximum historic period for receipt of services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Deed (xx UsC. 1400 et seq.); and is not older than that maximum age; and
is eligible for, and receiving, special education or related services under Function B of the Individuals with Disabilities Educational activity Act (xx UsC. 1411 et seq.); or
is an individual with a inability, for purposes of section 504.

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What are boosted authorized Pre Employment Transition Services?

If funds remain, VR agencies may provide the following to improve the transition of students with disabilities from schoolhouse to postsecondary education or an employment outcome:

implement effective strategies that increase independent living and inclusion in their communities and competitive integrated workplaces;
develop and improve strategies for individuals with intellectual and significant disabilities to live independently, participate in postsecondary education experiences, and obtain and retain competitive integrated employment;
provide preparation to vocational rehabilitation counselors, school transition staff, and others supporting students with disabilities;
disseminate data on innovative, effective, and efficient approaches to implement pre-employment transition services;
coordinate activities with transition services provided past local educational agencies under IDEA;
utilize evidence-based findings to meliorate policy, process, practice, and the preparation of personnel;
develop model transition demonstration projects;
constitute or back up multistate or regional partnerships that involve States, local educational agencies, designated State units, developmental disability agencies, private businesses, or others; and
disseminate data and strategies to improve the transition to postsecondary activities of those who are traditionally unserved.

What is Pre-Employment Transition Coordination?

Funds reserved for pre-employment transition services may be used for the required, authorized, and pre-employment transition coordination activities.

Pre-employment transition coordination consists of:

Attending individualized education program meetings for students with disabilities, when invited;
Working with the local workforce development boards, one-stop centers, and employers to develop work opportunities for students with disabilities, including internships, summertime employment and other employment opportunities available throughout the school twelvemonth, and apprenticeships;
Working with schools, including those conveying out activities under section 614(d) of the Idea, to coordinate and ensure the provision of pre-employment transition services;
When invited, attention person-centered planning meetings for individuals receiving services under title 19 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.);

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