HIGHER ED STUDENTS-DISABILITY House SponsorsRep. Gregg Johnson 1/7/2025HouseSession Sine Die New Act Creates the Respond, Innovate, Succeed, and Empower Act. Requires a public institution of higher education to adopt a policy that makes certain documentation submitted by an enrolled or admitted student sufficient to establish that the student is an individual with a disability. Requires the policy to be transparent and explicit regarding information about the process by which the public institution of higher education determines eligibility for accommodations for an individual with a disability. Provides that each public institution of higher education shall disseminate such information to students, parents, and faculty in accessible formats and make the information readily available on a public website of the institution. Allows a public institution of higher education to establish less burdensome criteria to establish whether an enrolled or admitted student is an individual with a disability. Requires a public institution of higher education to engage in an interactive process to establish a reasonable accommodation for an individual pursuant to the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. 2/6/2023HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Gregg Johnson 2/7/2023HouseFirst Reading 2/7/2023HouseReferred to Rules Committee 2/23/2023HouseAssigned to Higher Education Committee 2/28/2023HouseMoved to Suspend Rule 21 Rep. Robyn Gabel 2/28/2023HouseSuspend Rule 21 - Prevailed 3/10/2023HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee 1/7/2025HouseSession Sine Die