From left to right: CDS Associate Director Brian Freedman, Cape Henlopen High School student Zach Simpler, and Gov. John Carney

The Delaware Advance Scholarship Program, which was signed into law earlier this month, will provide grants to defray tuition costs for students with intellectual disabilities attending college programs. Combined with other state sources of financial aid, the Advance Scholarship will give students greater access to transition programs that hone their academic, career and independent living skills. Currently, UD's Career and Life Studies Certificate is the only such program that exists in-state.