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individual toward achieving the employment outcome in the individual’s IPE and that are
commensurate to the services the individual would otherwise receive from MRS.
(d) “Competitive integrated employment” means work that complies with the following:
(i) Is performed on a full-time or part-time basis, including self-employment, and for
which an individual is compensated at a rate that includes all of the following:
(A) Is not less than the higher of the rate specified in section 6(a)(1) of the fair labor
standards act of 1938, 29 USC 206 or the rate required under the applicable state or local
minimum wage law for the place of employment.
(B) Is not less than the customary rate paid by the employer for the same or similar work
performed by other employees who are not individuals with disabilities and who are
similarly situated in similar occupations by the same employer and who have similar
training, experience, and skills.
(C) In the case of an individual who is self-employed, yields an income that is
comparable to the income received by other individuals who are not individuals with
disabilities and who are self-employed in similar occupations or on similar tasks and who
have similar training, experience, and skills.
(D) Is eligible for the level of benefits provided to other employees.
(ii) Is at a location where the employee with a disability interacts for the purpose of
performing the duties of the position with other individuals, for example, other employees,
customers and vendors, who are not individuals with disabilities, not including supervisory
personnel or individuals who are providing services to such employee, to the same extent
that employees who are not individuals with disabilities and who are in comparable
positions interact with these individuals.
(iii) Presents, as appropriate, opportunities for advancement that are similar to those for
other employees who are not individuals with disabilities and who have similar positions.
(e) “Cost of attendance” means the total amount it will cost a student to attend school in
a year.
(f) “Employment outcome” means, with respect to the individual, entering, advancing in,
or retaining full-time, or, if appropriate, part-time competitive integrated employment,
including customized employment, self-employment, telecommuting, or business
ownership, or supported employment that is consistent with an individual’s strengths,
resources, priorities, concerns, abilities, capabilities, interests, and informed choice.
(g) “Individualized plan for employment” or “IPE” means an individualized plan for
employment as described in R 395.67 to R 395.71.
(h) “Michigan Rehabilitation Services or “MRS” means the part of a network of
vocational rehabilitation programs across the United States authorized by the rehabilitation
act of 1973, 29 USC 701 to 7961.
(i) “Part-time employment” means employment that is permanently assigned to an
employee that is less than 30 hours of work per week.
(j) “Post-employment services” means one or more vocational rehabilitation services that
are provided subsequent to the achievement of an employment outcome and that are
necessary for an individual to maintain, regain, or advance in employment, consistent with
the individual’s unique strengths, resources, priorities, concerns, abilities, capabilities,
interests, and informed choice.”
(k) “Pre-employment transition services” or “Pre-ETS” means the required activities and
authorized activities specified in 34 CFR 361.48(a)(2) and (3).