{"id":17171,"date":"2023-08-01T14:20:42","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T18:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=17171"},"modified":"2023-08-01T14:20:44","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T18:20:44","slug":"jeff-helps-oregon-students-with-disabilities-qualify-for-federal-student-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/jeff-helps-oregon-students-with-disabilities-qualify-for-federal-student-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff ayuda a los estudiantes de Oreg\u00f3n con discapacidades a calificar para la ayuda federal para estudiantes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Antes de que la oficina de Jeff Merkley se involucrara, los estudiantes en Oreg\u00f3n a quienes se les diagnostic\u00f3 una discapacidad de aprendizaje y obtuvieron un diploma modificado de la escuela secundaria no pod\u00edan solicitar ayuda federal para estudiantes para ayudarlos a asistir a un colegio comunitario, una universidad de cuatro a\u00f1os o un oficio o aprendizaje. programa. El Departamento de Educaci\u00f3n de EE. UU. no reconoci\u00f3 el diploma modificado como un equivalente v\u00e1lido del diploma de escuela secundaria y, como tal, las personas no pod\u00edan solicitar ayuda federal para estudiantes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>En Oregon, eso signific\u00f3 que m\u00e1s de 1,700 reci\u00e9n graduados de la escuela secundaria no pudieron solicitar asistencia financiera de esta manera. Monica Dizick, madre preocupada de Sara, una estudiante de \u00faltimo a\u00f1o de secundaria con una discapacidad de aprendizaje, se comunic\u00f3 con la oficina de Jeff Merkley para llamar su atenci\u00f3n sobre este problema.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Durante los siguientes siete meses, su oficina trabaj\u00f3 con la Legislatura del Estado de Oreg\u00f3n, espec\u00edficamente con la Representante Estatal Sara Gelser, as\u00ed como con el Gobernador Kitzhaber y docenas de personas interesadas, para obtener cartas de apoyo a favor de permitir que estos diplomas modificados cumplieran con los est\u00e1ndares federales y permitir que los estudiantes contin\u00faen sus estudios superiores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A principios de abril de 2014, el representante Gelser y el personal de Jeff se reunieron con el Departamento de Educaci\u00f3n de EE. UU. y se enteraron de que la Junta de Educaci\u00f3n del Estado de Oreg\u00f3n podr\u00eda hacer ajustes menores que permitir\u00edan que el gobierno federal reconociera oficialmente estos diplomas. El representante estatal Gelser luego trabaj\u00f3 con el gobernador y la Junta de Educaci\u00f3n del Estado para realizar los cambios necesarios que permitir\u00edan que se aceptara el diploma modificado. El Departamento de Educaci\u00f3n de EE. UU. ahora reconoce oficialmente el diploma modificado como un diploma de escuela secundaria v\u00e1lido y permite que todos los estudiantes que obtuvieron o obtendr\u00e1n un diploma modificado soliciten ayuda federal para estudiantes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Esta es una gran victoria para los estudiantes de Oreg\u00f3n con discapacidades de aprendizaje que ahora tienen la oportunidad de recibir ayuda federal para estudiantes para continuar su educaci\u00f3n. Jeff cree firmemente que ning\u00fan estudiante debe ser excluido de seguir sus sue\u00f1os y continuar su educaci\u00f3n.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before Jeff Merkley\u2019s office got involved, students in Oregon who were diagnosed with a learning disability and earned a modified diploma from high school were unable to apply for federal student aid to help them attend community college, a four-year university or a trade or apprenticeship program. 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