Rights and Responsibilities of Students 

Every student with a documented disability has the right to: 

  • Equal access to courses, programs, services, jobs, activities, and facilities offered at HU. 
  • Reasonable accommodations and/or services determined on a case-by-case basis. 
  • Appropriate confidentiality of all information regarding a disability and the choice to whom a disability is disclosed except as required or permitted by law. 
  • Dialogue with HU to arrive at effective accommodation strategy upon satisfactory documentation. 
  • Necessary information, reasonably available in accessible formats. 

 

Every student with a documented disability has the obligation to: 

  • Meet qualifications and essential standards as determined by HU for courses, programs, jobs, services, and facilities. 
  • Identify as an individual with a disability to Student Success in a timely manner when seeking accommodations. 
  • When seeking accommodations, provide documentation of the disability from an appropriate professional including information about the functional limitations of the disability. 
  • Follow specific procedures for obtaining reasonable accommodations and/or services. 
  • Communicate requests for accommodations to instructors by providing the access letter(s) describing the reasonable accommodations approved by Student Success as early in the semester as possible. 
  • Begin the process of renewing their accommodations at least 60 days prior to expiration.  
  • Communicate with Student Success if they feel adjustments to their accommodations are necessary. 

 

Rights and Responsibilities of Harrisburg University 

Harrisburg University (HU) has the legal right to: 

  • Maintain essential standards for courses, programs, services, jobs, activities, and facilities. 
  • Request current documentation from an appropriate professional and supplied by the student that confirms disability status and supports the need for appropriate accommodations, academic adjustments, and/or services. 
  • Deny a request for accommodations and/or services if documentation does not support a need for the requested service or if the documentation is not provided in a timely manner. 
  • Provide equally effective accommodations and/or services as judged appropriate by HU after discussing with the student.  
  • Deny a request for an inappropriate or unreasonable accommodation or service including any that poses a direct threat to the health and safety of others, imposes a fundamental alteration to a course or program, or places an undue burden on HU. 

 

Harrisburg University (HU) has the obligation to: 

  • Ensure that courses, programs, services, jobs, activities, and facilities, when viewed in their entirety, are offered in the most integrated and appropriate settings. 
  • Provide information regarding policies and procedures to students with disabilities in accessible formats upon request. 
  • Evaluate students based on their abilities and not their disabilities. 
  • Provide or arrange reasonable and appropriate accommodations and/or services for students with disabilities upon request. 
  • Maintain appropriate confidentiality of records and communication regarding students with disabilities, except where permitted or required by law. 
  • Inform students when requested accommodations are not available or beyond HU’s ability to provide.