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Public Institution Processes, Barriers and Recommendations  \nSeptember 2024  \nTable of Contents  \nExecutive Summary.............................................................................................................. 1  \nPreamble .............................................................................................................................. 3  \nBackground.................................................................................................................................3  \nProcess .........................................................................................................................................4  \nEmergent Themes ................................................................................................................ 6  \nFindings.......................................................................................................................................6  \nBarriers ........................................................................................................................................7  \nRecommendations ............................................................................................................. 10  \nOverarching Recommendation ..............................................................................................10  \nNext Steps .......................................................................................................................... 16  \nAcknowledgements ............................................................................................................ 17  \nAppendix A: Process........................................................................................................... 18  \nHB509/SB21 Workgroup.........................................................................................................18  \nSurvey Form .............................................................................................................................20  \nSurvey Responses ....................................................................................................................25  \nAppendix B: Relevant Resources ....................................................................................... 34  \nDisabilities Access to Higher Education Advisory Committee Action Plan...................34  \nBest Practice Guidelines for Accommodation Practices.....................................................35  \nWG Best Practice Documentation Guidelines .....................................................................47  \nNon-exhaustive List of Transition Programs at Public Institutions .................................50  \nEXECUTIVE SUMMARY  \nAt Virginia’s public institutions of higher education, the process of determining eligibility for accommodations occurs in two main steps: 1) establish that 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