Student Responsibilities
Students with disabilities have the responsibility to:
- meet and maintain the institution's academic and technical standards for courses, programs, services, activities, and facilities.
- self-identify as an individual with a disability when an accommodation is needed and seek information, counsel, and assistance as necessary.
- provide appropriate documentation of the disability and how it limits participation in courses, programs, services, activities, and facilities to the College to determine eligibility for services.
- follow procedures for obtaining reasonable accommodations, academic adjustments and/or auxiliary aids and services.
- meet and abide by the College’s academic, conduct and technical standards.
- request accommodations with the campus CSA representative at the beginning of each term by completing a Semester Request for Services form and submitting it to your campus CSA representative.
- follow published policies and procedures of CSA and Palm Beach State College.
- contacting the Center for Student Accessibility if reasonable academic adjustments or accommodations are not implemented in an effective or timely way.
Accommodations are designed to meet students with disabilities’ individual learning needs and does not reduce students’ responsibility for meeting the academic standards, conduct codes and course requirements at Palm Beach State College.
Palm Beach State College has the responsibility to:
- provide information to students with disabilities in accessible formats upon request.
- ensure that courses, programs, activities, and facilities, when viewed in their entirety, are available and usable in the most integrated and appropriate settings.
- evaluate students on their abilities and not their disabilities.
- provide or arrange reasonable accommodations, academic adjustments, and/or auxiliary aids and services for students with disabilities in courses, programs, activities, and facilities.
- maintain appropriate confidentiality of records and communication.