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State disability official outlines transition push: endorsements, LINC data link and a possible diploma pathway
Summary
A state disability office representative told the Frederick County CCAC that Maryland is piloting college/career/community readiness endorsements, testing a data link called LINC to connect IEPs to adult services, and is working on recommendations to create a diploma pathway for students with significant disabilities, a change likely to take two to three years.
Jade, a representative of the state Department of Disabilities' Office of Disability Employment Advancement and Policy, told the Frederick County Special Education Citizens Advisory Committee on April 20 that the agency is pressing a new, statewide focus on transitions from school to adult life for students with disabilities.
Jade said the state blueprint envisions "all students will exit school college and and or career ready," and that Maryland has been piloting "endorsements in the area of college, career, and community readiness" to give certificate-track students clearer, measurable post‑school competencies. The endorsements, the presenter said, were developed with parents, self-advocates, providers and educators and are now in pilot and phased…
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