POLICY AND PROCEDURE FOR ACCOMMODATION APPEAL

If the student feels that he/she has been denied a reasonable accommodations by the Director of Disability Services, an appeal may be made to the Appeals Panel of the Disability Advisory Committee according to the following procedure:   

 1. Within five (5) business days of the denial for accommodation, the student shall submit a written notice to the 

     Director of Disability Services of his/her wish to appeal that decision.

 2. The Director of Disability Services shall notify the Disability Advisory Committee in writing of the student's 

     wish to appeal within five (5) business days.

 3. The Disability Advisory Committee shall form a panel of three (3) individuals to hear the appeal within five (5) 

     business days of receipt of the notice from the Director of Disability Services.

               A.  The Appeals Panel shall be comprised of the following:

                  1.  Two representatives from the Disability Advisory Committee

                  2.  One student appointed by the Disability Advisory Committee.

               B.   In no case shall the University Legal Counsel sit as a member of the Appeals Panel.

            C.  The Appeals Panel will notify the student and the faculty who teach the class(es) or staff who provide 

                 the services in which the accommodation has been denied of the date, time and place of the       

                 appeal hearing.

4.   The student shall have the opportunity to explain to the Appeals Panel at the hearing why he/she believes

       that the decision of the Director of Disability Services is incorrect.  This opportunity includes:

               A.  The right to make an oral statement to the Appeals Panel; and

            B.  The right to submit supportive documentation.

5.    The Director of Disability Services shall have the opportunity to explain to the Appeals Panel at the hearing

       his/her reasons for denying an accommodation to the student.  This opportunity includes:

            A.  The right to make an oral statement to the Appeals Panel; and

            B.  The right to submit supportive documentation

            C.  The faculty/staff shall have the opportunity to address the panel 

                 about the accommodation appeal.

6.   The Appeals panel may ask questions during the hearing of the student, the faculty/staff and the Director of

      Disability Services to aid it in its decision.

7.   The Appeals panel must notify the student, faculty/staff and the Director for Disability Services of its

      decision in writing within five (5) business days following the conclusion of the hearing.

8.   If the student is dissatisfied with the determination of the Appeals panel, he/she may make a final appeal to

      the Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management.

           A. The student must submit a written notice of appeal to the Appeals

                panel and the Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment

                 Management within five (5) business days of the Appeal Panel's

                 determination.

           B. All materials possessed by the Director of Disability Services and

                the Appeals panel shall be forwarded to the Offices for Student Affairs

                and Enrollment Management upon receipt of the written appeal by the

                Director of Disability Services.

           C. The Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management

                shall make his/her determination within five (5) business days from

                receipt of the appeal.

           D. The Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management

                shall notify the student, the faculty/staff, the Director of

                Disability Services and the Appeals Panel in writing of his/her final

                determination.  The decision of the Vice President of Student Affairs

                and Enrollment Management is final.

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