Student Services Program Review-Spring 2010 - Shasta College

Responsibilities:There are six primary responsibilities:1. Support for the District’s academic mission and the Board of Trustee’s policypertaining to students with disabilities and diversity2. Evaluation of student’s documentation of disability and determination ofappropriate accommodations and academic adjustments (Shasta CollegeAdministrative Policy 4500 – Accommodations for Students with Disabilities)3. Facilitate the implementation of accommodations and academic adjustments4. Provision of specialized instruction and disability-related counseling designed tomeet the unique educational needs of students with disabilities5. Serve as a campus resource for promoting awareness of disability issues,resources, and the rights of students with disabilities6. Supporting the District in maintaining compliance with federal and state legalrequirements pertaining to the rights of college students with disabilitiesThe provision of accommodations and adjustments in public colleges is required by twofederal civil rights laws:Section 504 of the Federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973“[An institution]…shall make such modifications to its academic requirements as arenecessary to ensure that such requirements do not discriminate or have the effect ofdiscriminating, on the basis of handicap, against a qualified handicapped applicant orstudent…modifications may include changes in length of time permitted for thecompletion of degree requirements, substitution of specific courses required for thecompletion of degree requirements, and adaptation of the manner in which specificcourses are conducted. [84.44(a)]”The modifications post-secondary institutions are required to make are referred to as“academic accommodations” or “reasonable accommodations.” Examples of academicaccommodations would include modifications to degree requirements (e.g. time tocomplete the degree, course substitution, adaptation in which a specific course isconducted); and the use of auxiliary aids (e.g., readers, scribes, note takers, tutors,interpreters, tape recorders, adapted computers, calculators, etc.).Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990“Any person that offers examinations or courses related to applications, licensing,certification, or credentialing for secondary or postsecondary education, professional, ortrade purposes shall offer such examinations or courses in a place and manneraccessible to persons with disabilities or offer alternative accessible arrangements forsuch individuals.”(Pub. L. 101-336, title III, Sec 309, July 26, 1990, 104 Stat. 365). TheADA solidified the rights of individuals with disabilities to have equal access, andappropriate accommodations, in education and employment settings.- 177 -