Academic Adjustments in Higher Education

The act requires each institution of higher education (institution) in Colorado to create and adopt a policy and a process to support the ability of an admitted or enrolled student with a disability (student) to voluntarily self-disclose the student's disability and to engage in an interactive process with the institution to receive an academic adjustment.

The adopted policy must, at a minimum, include information that:

• Describes the institution's process to determine whether a student is eligible for an academic adjustment;
• Outlines documentation that the institution may request to determine whether a student is eligible for an academic adjustment;
• Provides information on the available disability resources and academic adjustments provided to students with disabilities; and
• Describes an appeals process for academic adjustment decisions that focuses on documentary review.

Each institution shall publish the policy on the institution's website in an accessible format.

The act describes the type of documentation that an institution may request to determine whether a student is eligible for an academic adjustment.

(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)