Students’ Rights and Responsibilities

Every student with a documented disability has the following rights:

  • Equal access to courses, programs, services, jobs, activities and facilities available through the College.
  • Reasonable and appropriate accommodations, academic adjustments, and/or auxiliary aids determined on a case by case basis when requested by the student.
  • Appropriate confidentiality of all information pertaining to his/her disability with the choice of whom to disclose the disability to, except as required by law.
  • Information reasonably available in accessible formats.

Every student with a disability has the responsibility to:

  • Meet the College’s qualifications and essential technical, academic, and college standards.
  • Identify themselves in a timely manner to the Director of Disabilities Services as an individual with a disability when seeking accommodation.
  • Provide documentation to the Director of Disabilities Services from an appropriate professional source that verifies the nature of the disability, functional limitations, and the need for specific accommodations.
  • Follow specific procedures for obtaining reasonable accommodations, academic adjustments, and/or auxiliary aids.