The Statewide Transition Council was developed to better serve students with intellectual and developmental disabilities within Washington. Specifically, this council will focus on expanding Senate Bill 5790, to reach underrepresented students in rural areas, within tribes, and/or other opportunities as identified.
Purpose
All students have access to transition services and opportunities through a supportive council network.
- Establish common guidelines and outcome goals across regional interagency transition networks and local transition networks and councils to ensure equitable access through system navigation for individuals receiving high school transition services and connection to services after leaving the school system; and
- Establish a referral and information system that helps students who are potentially eligible for adult support services from the Developmental Disabilities Administration of the department who are transitioning from high school, and their families or guardians, connect to the necessary services and agencies that support the needs of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities; and
- Establish regional interagency transition networks as proposed in the 2020 transition collaborative summative report. Each regional network shall include representation from schools, counties, the Developmental Disabilities Administration of the department, the regional Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, service providers, community members, students and families. The regional networks shall identify improvement goals and report no less than annually on progress or barriers to achieving these goals statewide.
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