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Being Fair with Time

Mark,
Remember, you can't speak for a licensing agency. I will tell you that many licensing agencies are just "getting up to speed" as far as their need to provide accommodations. For instance, the BAR exam has had many students file lawsuits against it for not providing accommodations-and the BAR association has lost. As a faculty member, if you have a student that presents you with a letter of accommodation which provides for additional time, it's not your job to probe further-that's the job of the Disability Services Coordinator. With that being said, there are some instances where additional time is not reasonable, for instance in a culinary arts program where completing a task within a certain time frame is an essential element of the quiz/test. It's important for the DSC to work with Academic Affairs to make these determinations.

Sarah Smoger

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