Last week, NDSC received word that the US Department of Education (ED) was planning to release guidance in the immediate future that would likely make it more difficult than it already is for children with disabilities to be educated in the least restrictive environment (LRE) under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
Individuals With Disabilities - Minimum Wage and Community Integration
Historic legislation just passed! The Senate just passed HB420 and SB417 is headed for a final vote in the House. The bill, Individuals With Disabilities - Minimum Wage and Community Integration (Ken Capone Equal Employment Act), will phase out the use of 14c certificates that have existed since 1938 and made it possible to pay people with disabilities sub-minimum wage.
WE NEED YOUR HELP TODAY TO PASS THE MARYLAND ABLE BILL!!!
We have worked for nearly a decade at the federal level and now at the state level to pass the ABLE so that people with disabilities can open up 529A “ABLE” Accounts to say money for many different disability-related expenses without losing their eligibility for much-needed benefits like SSI and Medicaid. (See www.ndss.org/able and www.ndss.org/stateable for more information on ABLE).
