ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor

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(2)     Methods for interagency collaboration at the State and local levels,
including outreach and cooperative efforts with employers and community
organizations that provide services for transitioning students;

(3)     Methods to coordinate with school for success system reform efforts;

(4)     Projections regarding the potential fiscal impact on the State if
services are phased in over 3 years as follows:

(i) In fiscal year 1997, for transitioning students with
developmental disabilities who leave school at age 18 and older;

(ii) In fiscal year 1998, for transitioning students who leave school
at age 18 and older who may require extended services through the Mental Hygiene
and Developmental Disabilities Administrations of the Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene; and

(iii) In fiscal year 1999, for all transitioning students at the time
they leave school;

(5)     State, local, and federal funding sources that would be needed to
finance transition services;

(6)     A coordinated management system that focuses on the effective
delivery of transition services;

(7)     Methods to ensure that transitioning students and families receive
training and support to become informed and active participants;

(8)     Models for replication on the local level;

(9)     Statewide systems to provide training and technical assistance on
best practices to the range of professionals who are critical to the effective transition
to the community of students with disabilities; and

(10)   Interagency policies and initiatives needed to implement the Plan.]
THE DIVISION SHALL:

(1)      ASSIGN A REHABILITATION COUNSELOR AS A LIAISON TO EACH
MARYLAND PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL;

(2)     ESTABLISH A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH EACH COUNTY
BOARD DEFINING ROLES, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND PROCEDURES IN ORDER TO
PROVIDE APPROPRIATE TRANSITION SERVICES FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES A
TRANSITIONING STUDENT; AND

(3)      DEVELOP, IN CONSULTATION WITH COUNTY BOARDS, FOR EACH
STUDENT WITH A DISABILITY SERVED UNDER THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES
EDUCATION ACT TRANSITIONING STUDENT WHO IS DETERMINED ELIGIBLE FOR
REHABILITATION SERVICES, AN INDIVIDUALIZED PLAN FOR EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO
GRADUATION.

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