§ 16-59-24. Accessibility for people with disabilities.
(a) The board of governors shall develop a policy, commitments, and procedures for students with disabilities setting forth the steps necessary to ensure that all public colleges, as defined in § 16-59-13, are accessible to persons with disabilities.
(b) The plan shall be substantially identical to the plan adopted by Rhode Island College and shall consider all persons’ with disabilities needs and shall adopt reasonable accommodations necessary to achieve equal participation in educational opportunities.
(c) The state building code standards committee shall adopt an accessibility for people with disabilities standard for public colleges that includes provisions ensuring that public colleges are accessible to and usable by all persons with disabilities.
History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 236, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 83, § 36; P.L. 1999, ch. 130, § 36.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Section 16-59-1. - Council on Postsecondary Education established.
Section 16-59-2. - Appointment of members of the council on postsecondary education.
Section 16-59-3. - Removal of public members of board.
Section 16-59-4. - Powers and duties of the council on postsecondary education.
Section 16-59-4.1. - Repealed.
Section 16-59-5. - Meetings of board.
Section 16-59-6. - Commissioner of postsecondary education.
Section 16-59-7. - [Repealed.]
Section 16-59-7.1. - Permanent status for non-classified employees.
Section 16-59-7.2. - Longevity payments — Nonclassified employees.
Section 16-59-9. - Educational budget and appropriations.
Section 16-59-9.2. - Military tuition waiver.
Section 16-59-9.3. - Student Success Act.
Section 16-59-10. - Existing academic privileges preserved.
Section 16-59-11. - Investigative powers of board.
Section 16-59-12. - Exemption from provisions of Administrative Procedures Act.
Section 16-59-13. - Definitions.
Section 16-59-14. - Pertinence of certain law relating to state colleges to board of governors.
Section 16-59-15. - Liberal construction of chapter required.
Section 16-59-16. - Meaning of terms in existing law.
Section 16-59-17. - Severability.
Section 16-59-18. - Receipts from sources other than appropriations.
Section 16-59-19. - Fiscal accounts — Receipts — Petty cash funds.
Section 16-59-20. - Audit of expenditures.
Section 16-59-21. - Freedom from budget and lease control by other agencies.
Section 16-59-23. - Conflicts of interest.
Section 16-59-24. - Accessibility for people with disabilities.
Section 16-59-25. - Voter registration forms.
Section 16-59-25.1. - Maintenance of voter registration files.
Section 16-59-26. - The public and private partnership in education.
Section 16-59-27. - Sale and purchase of degrees solely on the basis of life experience prohibited.