High School
- Education is an entitlement.
- Accommodations are governed by Individuals with Disabilities Act: IDEA and Section
504, Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
- IDEA is focused on success.
- Students needing services are identified by the school. The school can and most often
initiates the process of eligibility and service provision.
- School systems provide evaluations for determining eligibility at no cost to the student.
- Accommodations are outlined in and Individualized Education Plan (IEP) or Section
504 plan.
- Teachers take responsibility for implementing the Individualized Education Plan (IEP).
- High schools can modify academic requirements such as required curriculum and grading.
- Parents have access to student records and often participate in the accommodation
process.
College
- Education is a choice.
- Accommodations are governed by Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Title 11:
ADA and Section 504, Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
- ADA is focused on access. Success is not guaranteed.
- Students must request accommodations through the Office of Disability Services. The
student must initiate the process of obtaining accommodations.
- Documenting a disability is up to the student and is at their own expense. Walters
State does not provide evaluations.
- At Walters State, accommodations are outlined in an Educational Support Plan (ESP).
- Students are responsible for seeing that the Educational Support Plan (ESP) is implemented.
- Colleges are not required to alter any essential course requirements or adjust assignment
deadlines.
- Parents do not have access to student records. Disability Services staff do not communicate
with parents about the student without the student being present or giving written
consent.
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