question
do our students have to provide proof of learning disability in order to receive more time on tests?
Violet,
Just to be clear -- IEP is a term pulled from the K-12 environment. The IEP's established in K-12 do not have any legal "teeth" in higher education, although they can be helpful to your resident expert on campus in judging what support to provide now, based on what has worked in the past. But the IEP's are about what services the student has had in the past. They are not a diagnosis of disability (which is what we usually think of when we think of "documentation").
Dr. Jane Jarrow
I would say that documentation would be a must on that. If a person has an IEP set up it lets the institution know what means and how we are to accommodate the student.
Kelly,
Yes -- they do. Who they provide that to on YOUR campus is an entirely different question. They should not have to provide documentation to each and every instructor. The institution should have someone who is making appropriate determinations of accommodation in order to protect both the students and the instructors.
Dr. Jane Jarrow
