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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="11-1304" title_number="11" title_name="Maryland Higher Education Commission" subtitle_number="13" subtitle_name="James W. Hubbard Inclusive Higher Education Grant Program">
  <text>To qualify for a grant under the Program, an institution of higher education shall develop a  program of inclusive higher education that:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>Offers the necessary supports to students with intellectual and developmental disabilities to allow these students, to the greatest extent possible, to have the same rights, privileges, experiences, benefits, and outcomes as their peer students without disabilities;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>Ensures that students with intellectual and developmental disabilities:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>Have access to a wide array of academic courses that are attended by students without disabilities;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>Have access and support for participation in campus life, including social activities and organizations, institution facilities, and technology; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="iii">
      <text>Are able to access and use campus resources available to students without disabilities;</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>Provides students with intellectual and developmental disabilities with the supports and experiences necessary to seek and sustain competitive employment;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>Develops and promotes the self–determination skills of students with intellectual and developmental disabilities;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="5">
    <text>Offers peer mentoring;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="6">
    <text>Coordinates with the State Department of Education, including the Division of Rehabilitation Services and other stakeholders in the development of the inclusive higher education  program;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="7">
    <text>Adopts admissions standards that do not require a student with intellectual and developmental disabilities to participate in a curriculum–based, achievement college entrance exam that is administered nationwide;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="8">
    <text>Includes the development of a meaningful credential for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities to earn on successful completion of the inclusive higher education  program; and</text>
  </level>
  <level label="9">
    <text>Meets the requirements of a Comprehensive Transition Program under the federal Higher Education Opportunity Act so that students enrolled in the inclusive higher education  program are eligible for federal financial aid.</text>
  </level>
</section>
