Application Procedures
Application Procedures for New Students
Students are responsible for initiating contact with the Disability Services Office. A Request for Disability Services and supporting forms may be obtained in Building F, room 250. Medical documentation, which substantiates the disability, must accompany the request for services. The Office of Disability Services will accept an Individualized Education Program (IEP) as a provisional request for services.
Medical documentation must be provided no later than eight weeks after the receipt of the IEP. A description of appropriate medical documentation is detailed in this document. No accommodation(s) will be given without appropriate documentation. If another evaluation is obtained after the initial intake or the disability has changed in some way, specifically worsened and/or limitations have increased, further documentation must be presented. All accommodation(s) are decided on a case-by-case basis and are subject to change if disability-based needs change.
The College is not responsible for evaluation or re-evaluation expenses or any other expenses involved in obtaining required documentation. Request for accommodations must be made no later than the two weeks prior to the start of classes of the semester for which the student is requesting modifications. Requests for services are not retroactive.
THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS MUST BE SUBMITTED IN PERSON. EMAILS, FAXES, SCANNED MATERIALS, OR OTHER MEANS OF TRANSMITTING DOCUMENTS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE.
- Request for Disability Services
- Appropriate Medical Documentation
- IEP (Appropriate medical documentation must be received no later than eight weeks after the receipt of the IEP
- Authorization to Release Information
- Disability Services Contract
Application Procedures for Subsequent Semesters
After the first semester that he/she has qualified for Disability Services, each student is required to a complete new request for services form for each subsequent semester in which he/she is enrolled at BPCC. Once a student has submitted medical documentation for a particular disability, the student is not required to provide updated medical information for that disability each subsequent semester. However, if the student is seeking new and different accommodations, the college reserves the right to require updated medical information.