Disability Support Services is an element of the Student Services Department. Our goal is to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504). Congress subsequently expanded protection for people with disabilities under the ADA through the passage of the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA). White Earth Tribal and Community College (WETCC) uses the ADA to refer to the original 1990 Act and the 2008 amendments. The ADA makes it illegal to discriminate against someone because of a disability.
WETCC will provide reasonable accommodations, promote an inclusive campus environment, and encourage student independence. Reasonable accommodations are afforded to eligible students and are individualized to address specific functional limitations based on the documentation provided by a certified/licensed professional.
Students requesting accommodations must contact Student Services. To be eligible for reasonable accommodations, the student must have a documented disability that significantly interferes with access to the curriculum, services, or programs at WETCC.
The student needs to:
- Submit current documentation of the disability as soon as possible after engaging in the enrollment process.
- Meet with the Student Services dean to identify the functional limitations of the disability based on the documented disability to determine reasonable accommodations. Additional accommodations may be determined once the student has begun classes and determines there is a related barrier that prevents equal access.
Students’ Rights
Every otherwise qualified 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, or auxiliary aids determined by the institution on a case-by-case or course-by-course basis.
- Appropriate confidentiality of all information pertaining to the disability with the choice of to whom to disclose the disability, except as required by law.
- Information reasonably available in accessible formats.
