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UNIVERSITY
OF
WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE
B.
Instructional AccommodationsPOLICY ON RESPONSIBILITY FOR FUNDING REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS May 3, 1994 Amended: The Americans with Disabilities Act and The
Rehabilitation
Act of 1973 (as amended) are federal laws which mandate that university
programs, services, and activities be fully accessible to people with
disabilities. This includes students, employees of all
categories,
independent contractors, applicants for employment or admission, and
members of
the public attending university events or using university
facilities.
Similarly, the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act requires that the
university
provide reasonable accommodations to employees and applicants for
employment. The purpose of this policy is to discuss who is
responsible
for costs associated with reasonable accommodations. There are
separate UWM
policies and procedures that govern the accommodation request, review
and
approval process. Any costs associated with reasonable
accommodations required
by these laws shall be the responsibility of one or more individual
units, in
accordance with the following guidelines, based on type of
activity. If
the person being accommodated has multiple roles in the university
(e.g.
employee AND student), the type of activity used to determine financial
responsibility will be based on the primary role of that person in the
environment in which they receive the accommodation. Using this process to obtain funding shall
not be a reason
to deny or delay providing a reasonable accommodation. The campus
will
commit to initially fund all reasonable accommodation requests.
The
university expects campus units to look for areas where improved design
and
purchasing will result in lower individual accommodation costs.
Decision
makers may obtain advice from the ADA Advisory Committee and/or the
Office of
Legal Affairs.
Units are expected to continue to improve,
expand, and
finance the accessibility of all learning environments and materials,
e.g.,
laboratories, computer software, and audiovisual media. The UWM
Student
Accessibility Center (SAC) is responsible for the costs directly
associated
with reasonable instructional accommodations for officially enrolled
students.
(See the Policy on Major architectural changes to facilities
(e.g., restrooms,
doors, ramps, campus signage, visual/auditory features, etc.) and the
removal
of fixed barriers in accordance with Americans with Disabilities Act
Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG), will be the responsibility of the
Division of
Administrative Affairs (Department of Physical Plant Services).
Minor
remodeling, minor spatial changes, and removal of temporary obstacles
may be
the responsibility of the unit involved. When units remodel or
create new
structures, they must comply with established state and federal
guidelines for
accessibility, including required updates to existing structures. D. Public Activities and Campus
Training
Programs Campus units sponsoring public activities or
campus training
programs will bear the financial responsibility of providing reasonable
accommodations to employees, applicants, or public users with
disabilities. The cost of the accommodation will specifically be
the
responsibility of the university unit (department sub-unit, program,
department, school/college/division, or UWM) that is offering the
activity or
program. E. Levels of Financial
Responsibility
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