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(2) by striking ‘‘Commissioner’’ each place it 
appears (except in section 21) and inserting ‘‘Direc-
tor’’; 
(3) in the heading for subparagraph (B) of sec-
tion 100(d)(2), by striking ‘‘COMMISSIONER’’ and in-
serting ‘‘DIRECTOR’’; 
(4) in the heading for section 706, by striking 
‘‘COMMISSIONER’’ and inserting ‘‘DIRECTOR’’; 
(5) in the heading for paragraph (3) of section 
723(a), by striking ‘‘COMMISSIONER’’ and inserting 
‘‘DIRECTOR’’; and 
(6) in section 21 (29 U.S.C. 718)— 
(A) in subsection (b)(1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Commissioner’’ the 
first place it appears and inserting ‘‘Direc-
tor of the Rehabilitation Services Adminis-
tration’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘(referred to in this 
subsection as the ‘Director’)’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘the Commissioner and the 
Director’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘both such Directors’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘The Commissioner and 
the Director’’ and inserting ‘‘Both such Direc-
tors’’. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.—The amend-
ments made by subsection (a) shall— 
(1) take effect on the date of the enactment of 
this Act; and 
(2) apply with respect to the appointments of 
Directors of the Rehabilitation Services Administra-
tion made on or after the date of enactment of this 
Act, and the Directors so appointed. 
SEC. 503. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 7 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 
U.S.C. 705) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (35) through 
(39) as paragraphs (36) through (40), respectively; 
(2) in subparagraph (A)(ii) of paragraph (36) 
(as redesignated by paragraph (1)), by striking 
‘‘paragraph (36)(C)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 
(37)(C)’’; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (34) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(35)(A) The term ‘student with a disability’ 
means an individual with a disability who— 
‘‘(i) is not younger than 16 and not 
older than 21; 
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‘‘(ii) has been determined to be eligi-
ble under section 102(a) for assistance 
under this title; and 
‘‘(iii)(I) is eligible for, and is receiv-
ing, special education under part B of the 
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 
(20 U.S.C. 1411 et seq.); or 
‘‘(II) is an individual with a disability, 
for purposes of section 504. 
‘‘(B) The term ‘students with disabilities’ 
means more than 1 student with a disability.’’. 
SEC. 504. STATE PLAN. 
Section 101(a) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 
U.S.C. 721(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (11)— 
(A) in subparagraph (D)(i), by inserting 
before the semicolon the following: ‘‘, which 
may be provided using alternative means of 
meeting participation (such as video conferences 
and conference calls)’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(G) 
COORDINATION
WITH
ASSISTIVE 
TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS.—The State plan shall 
include an assurance that the designated State 
unit and the lead agency responsible for car-
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rying out duties under the Assistive Technology 
Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.) have de-
veloped working relationships and coordinate 
their activities.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (15)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) in clause (i)— 
(I) in subclause (II), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(II) in subclause (III), by adding 
‘‘and’’ at the end; and 
(III) by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(IV) students with disabilities, 
including their need for transition 
services;’’; 
(ii) by redesignating clauses (ii) and 
(iii) as clauses (iii) and (iv), respectively; 
and 
(iii) by inserting after clause (i) the 
following: 
‘‘(ii) include an assessment of the 
transition services provided under this Act, 
and coordinated with transition services 
under the Individuals with Disabilities 
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Education Act, as to those services meet-
ing the needs of individuals with disabil-
ities;’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (D)— 
(i) by redesignating clauses (iii), (iv), 
and (v) as clauses (iv), (v), and (vi), re-
spectively; and 
(ii) by inserting after clause (ii) the 
following: 
‘‘(iii) the methods to be used to im-
prove and expand vocational rehabilitation 
services for students with disabilities, in-
cluding the coordination of services de-
signed to facilitate the transition of such 
students from the receipt of educational 
services in school to the receipt of voca-
tional rehabilitation services under this 
title or to postsecondary education or em-
ployment;’’; 
(3) in paragraph (22)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘carrying out part B of 
title VI, including’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘that part to supplement 
funds made available under part B of’’; 
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