Senate Passes RISE Act for 21% of College Students With Disabilities
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Updated · The Washington Post · Nov 12
Senate Passes RISE Act for 21% of College Students With Disabilities
3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Nov 12
Summary
The Senate approved the bipartisan RISE Act, letting college students use existing K-12 records such as IEPs and 504 plans to secure campus accommodations.
The bill targets costly, duplicative testing that can take months to arrange and cost students thousands of dollars, with documentation rules now varying widely by college.
It also would fund colleges' disability-support efforts and require clearer information about available services, aiming to ease the transition from high school to higher education.
The push comes as the share of college students with documented disabilities nearly doubled to 21% in 2020 from 11% in 2004, and House backers say a vote could come before year-end.