Rights & Responsibilities
Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, and the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA) of 2009 continue to provide direction and guidance to the College. The College and student have rights and responsibilities.
STUDENTS RIGHTS
Every qualified student with a disability has the right to:
- Equal access to educational and co-curricular programs, services, activities, and facilities available through Manhattan Tech.
- Reasonable and effective accommodations, academic adjustments, and/or auxiliary aids as determined on a case-by-case basis.
- Confidentiality regarding disability information including the right to choose to whom the disclosure of disability is made except as required by law.
- Receive information in reasonably accessible formats (must meet request deadlines to ensure availability).
STUDENTS RESPONSIBILITIES
Every student with a disability has the responsibility to:
- A student has no obligation to inform the College that they have a disability; however, if a student desires accommodation(s) or other disability-related service from the College, the student must identify themselves as having a disability.
- A student who wishes to request disability-related accommodations or modification of certain generally applicable academic requirements must provide the AC with timely, relevant, and complete written documentation of the disability for which accommodation is requested.
- As early as possible in a semester, a student who has been approved for accommodation and/or use of auxiliary aids and services should seek a confidential meeting with faculty members to:
- Discuss the Letter of Accommodation (LOA) from the Accommodation Coordinator approving the accommodation and/or use of auxiliary aids or services; and,
- Make arrangements for implementation of the approved accommodation and/or use of auxiliary aids and services.
- Meet Manhattan Tech’s qualifications including essential technical, academic, and institutional standards.
- Identify as an individual with a disability and request accommodation through the request form in a timely manner.
- Provide documentation from an appropriate professional source verifying the nature of the disability, functional limitations, and the rationale for specific accommodations being recommended.
- Follow specific procedures for obtaining reasonable and appropriate accommodations, academic adjustments, and/or auxiliary aids as outlined.
- Students must abide by the Student Code of Conduct and all college policies and regulations.
- Any student who feels that the granted accommodation is ineffective should inform the Accommodation Coordinator immediately, so that alternate accommodations may be considered.
INSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS & RESPONSIBILITES
Manhattan Tech has the right and responsibility to:
- Maintain the College's academic standards.
- Require qualifying disability documentation to verify eligibility for disability accommodations, academic adjustments, and/or auxiliary aids.
- Discuss students’ eligibility with diagnosing professionals if signed consent has been given.
- Select from among equally effective/appropriate accommodations, adjustments, and/or auxiliary aids in consultation with the student.
- Deny requests for accommodations, academic adjustments, and/or auxiliary aids when disability documentation does not identify a specific disability, fails to verify the need for the requested services, or is not provided in a timely manner.
- Deny requests for accommodations, adjustment, and/or auxiliary aids that are inappropriate or unreasonable based on disability documentation including any that:
- Pose a direct threat to the health and safety of others;
- Constitute a substantial change or alteration of an essential course element/program standard, or
- Pose undue financial or administrative burden on the College.
COMPLAINT PROCEDURES
The following complaint procedure provides for the prompt and equitable resolution of complaints alleging any action prohibited by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the ADAAA of 2008, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
All complaints regarding the provision of accommodations should first be brought up in the informal complaint phase utilizing the student and community complaint form.
