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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="21-305" title_number="21" title_name="Career and Technology Education Programs" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Rehabilitation Services">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Division” means the Division of Rehabilitation Services within the Maryland State Department of Education.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Transition services” means a coordinated set of activities for a student with a disability who meets the definition of a transitioning student that promotes movement from school to postschool activities, including postsecondary education, vocational training, integrated employment, supported employment, adult services, independent living, and community participation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>“Transitioning student” means a student with a disability who is between the ages of 14 and 21 years who meets the eligibility criteria of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act or § 7 of the federal Rehabilitation Act.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Division shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Assign a rehabilitation counselor as a liaison to each Maryland public high school;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Establish a cooperative agreement with each county board defining roles, responsibilities, and procedures in order to provide appropriate transition services for a transitioning student; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Develop, in consultation with county boards, for each transitioning student who is determined eligible for rehabilitation services, an individualized plan for employment prior to graduation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each county board shall transmit to the Department information relating to the postsecondary anticipated services of the county’s transitioning students. The information shall be reported in the manner required by the Department.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Department shall aggregate the information provided under paragraph (1) of this subsection and forward the information annually to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The Behavioral Health Administration of the Maryland Department of Health;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The Developmental Disabilities Administration of the Maryland Department of Health; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Other appropriate State adult services agencies, as determined by the Department.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The information under this section shall include, for each transitioning student:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The student’s current age;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The projected year of exit of the student from school;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Anticipated needs of the student;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>The student’s county of residence; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Any other information that the Department considers appropriate.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
