Accommodations

The college maintains an Americans with Disabilities Accommodations (ADA) coordinator, who addresses detailed requests made by students and prospective students. The academic advisor currently serves in this capacity. It is the responsibility of the student to make the request for special accommodations and to provide official documentation (from a doctor or licensed psychologist) of the disabling condition and the need for special accommodations. This request must be made by the fourteenth day of the fall or spring semester and the seventh day of a summer session. Through the assistance of instructors, rehabilitation counselors, and the student, a determination can be made concerning the request.

Each of the student’s instructors receives notice from the ADA coordinator as to special accommodations, which have been requested by the student and approved. The college makes every effort to accommodate student requests when possible. The coordinator is authorized to handle routine requests; however, requests, which present new issues, which require large expenditures by the college, or present other problems, are presented to the chancellor. Continuing students should renew their accommodations contact at the beginning of each semester within the timeframe allocated during the fall, spring and summer.


Disability Services

The Office of Counseling and Advising Services is a department within the Student Affairs. Our purpose, in regards to providing services for Students with Disabilities, is to provide testing and classroom accommodations and referrals for on-campus and off-campus resources that will ensure students with disabilities the opportunity to receive a college education on a level playing field with their peers. Our mission is to empower students with disabilities to competitively pursue higher education.

Students must self-identify and register with the Office of Counseling and Advising at the beginning of each semester.

1. All documentation must be current and provided by a licensed professional qualified in the area of disability for which he/she is recommending accommodations.
   1. Documentation must be on letterhead from the said professional’s practice
   2. Documentation must have been completed no more than 3 years prior to the date that the student submits a request for accommodations.
   3. Documentation should address the nature, as well as, the recommended accommodations, and should describe how the specific disability impacts functioning in an academic setting. 
   4. Documentation should address the specific diagnosis, tests used in making the diagnosis, and when appropriate, test scores.
2. All students must meet with the Director of Counseling and Advising before being eligible for receiving educational accommodations.
   1. At this meeting student must provide proper and current documentation related to his/her disability.
   2. All policies and procedures will be explained to the student and an agreement must be signed by the student.
   3. Letters will be provided for instructors explaining what accommodations the student is entitled to and options for providing said accommodations.
3. Students wishing to take exams in the Testing Center (Rm 103) must turn in an Accommodated Testing Form
4. Students must take all exams at the same time that his/her classmates are testing unless there is a class schedule conflict. If there is a conflict, students must take the test by the end of assigned test date.
5. All tests must be scheduled and confirmed at least 48 hours in advance of test date with Office of Student Affairs. 
6. Students are responsible for obtaining all information needed during testing from their instructors. Test monitors will not provide tutoring or guidance during testing. 
7. Tests must be turned in to test monitor at the end of the allocated testing time.