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R.S. §23-79-102.  \nJanuary 2025  \n1600 Broadway, Suite 2200, Denver, CO 80202  \nFor more information contact:  \n[CDHE@dhe.state.co.us](CDHE@dhe.state.co.us)  \nMeasures to Improve Postsecondary Outcomes for Students with a Disability  \nColorado Department of Higher Education 2  \nIntroduction  \nIn April 2022, HB22-1255 (web),“Concerning Measures to Improve Postsecondary Education Outcomes for Students with Disabilities” was signed into law by Governor Jared Polis. The act included two main requirements:  \n1) Create an advisory committee charged with making recommendations in the form of two reports to Colorado institutions of higher education (IHEs) and the general assembly concerning services and practices to improve outcomes for students with disabilities (SWDs) in higher education. The first report was released in June 2023, and the second report was released in June 2024.  \n2) Charged the Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) with reporting on data from institutions of higher education on students with disabilities. The first report was due during the State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent (SMART) Act hearing in January 2024, and thereafter every January.  \nInformation regarding data required to be collected:  \nData from all state IHEs (four-year, two-year, local district colleges, and area technical colleges) as well as participating private institutions defined by 23-18-102(8) which includes Colorado Christian University, Regis University and University of Denver.  \nData should provide totals and disaggregated by IHE and demographics listed below:  \n• Number of students enrolled with disabilities;  \n• SWDs who receive a “service, support or accommodation related to the student’s disability”;  \n• Fall to fall retention numbers for SWD (not available);  \n• Graduate numbers of SWD (not available);  \n• Number of SWDs who received service from the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, including the number of graduates (not available); and  \nMeasures to Improve Postsecondary Outcomes for Students with a Disability  \nColorado Department of Higher Education  \n• Disaggregated by the following demographics:  \no Race and ethnicity;  \no First generation;  \no Pell Grant eligibility; and  \no Military/veteran status.  \nDefinitions, Data and Limitations  \n3  \nFor reporting purposes, the department and the institutions of higher education use the following definitions for disability and accommodation:  \n• Disability, as included in the Act, means, with respect to an individual—a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities of such individual (referencing the American with Disabilities Act definition) .  \n• Reasonable accommodations are modifications or adjustments to the tasks, environment or the way things are usually done that enable individuals with disabilities to have an equal opportunity to participate in an academic program or a job (U.S. Department of Education, 2007-From the American Psychological Association) . Note: Modifications pertain to physical or logistical adaptations to learning materials and resources. Modifications may not represent a fundamental alteration to the learning objectives or program/degree requirements.  \nThis is the second statewide report to include data on SWDs. This year would have been the first year for which additional student outcomes data, including retention and completion rates, would have become available via existing departmental","cbCairt8PzEH1ipC","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCairt8PzEH1ipC","pdf",330380,"English","# Introduction\n## Data required to be collected\n# Definitions, Data and Limitations\n## Disability and accommodation definitions\n## Reporting limitations and data availability","[{\"question\":\"What law and requirements shaped this second statewide report?\",\"answer\":\"HB22-1255 signed in April 2022 required creating an advisory committee for two reports and charged CDHE with reporting higher-education data on students with disabilities. The first report was released in June 2023 and this second report was released in June 2024.\"},{\"question\":\"What disability and accommodation definitions does the report use?\",\"answer\":\"The report uses the Act’s disability definition aligned with the American with Disabilities Act—physical or mental impairment substantially limiting major life activities. It defines reasonable accommodations as modifications or adjustments enabling equal participation, while noting they do not fundamentally alter learning objectives or degree requirements.\"},{\"question\":\"Why were retention and completion data unavailable in this report?\",\"answer\":\"Retention and completion outcomes were expected to become available through existing data collections, but the June 19, 2023 CDHE cybersecurity attack affected those collections. 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