Public postsecondary education: students with disabilities: verification: academic accommodations

Students with documented disabilities will not have to obtain new diagnostic evaluations solely to re-prove a disability already documented by their school or regional center.

What the law does ​

• Requires California Community Colleges, California State University, and University of California campuses that require disability verification to accept an IEP, 504 plan, or regional-center IPP as proof of disability.
• Bars campuses from requiring new or additional diagnostic evaluations solely to verify a disability documented in those plans.
• Allows campuses to seek reasonably necessary supplemental information to assess functional limitations and identify appropriate accommodations.
• Prohibits campuses from using supplemental information to dispute or invalidate the documented disability determination.
• Leaves campuses responsible for deciding reasonable accommodations under applicable law and available institutional resources; the prior plans do not automatically dictate accommodations.

Who it affects ​

• Students with disabilities seeking academic accommodations at California Community Colleges, California State University, or University of California campuses.
• Campus disability-services and accommodation staff.