SB 25-087

Senate Bill 25-087, also known as the Academic Adjustments in Higher Education Act, requires all Colorado higher education institutions to create policies that help students with disabilities voluntarily disclose their conditions and work interactively with the institution to receive necessary academic adjustments. These policies must include details on eligibility criteria, documentation requirements, available resources, and an appeals process. The bill ensures these policies are easily accessible online for all current and prospective students. Since it has been signed into law, Colorado's higher education institutions now need to implement these policies to support disabled students effectively.

Official Summary

The act requires each institution of higher education (institution) in Colorado to create and adopt a policy and a process to support the ability of an admitted or enrolled student with a disability (student) to voluntarily self-disclose the student's disability and to engage in an interactive process with the institution to receive an academic adjustment. The adopted policy must, at a minimum, include information that: Describes the institution's process to determine whether a student is eligible for an academic adjustment; Outlines documentation that the institution may request to determine whether a student is eligible for an academic adjustment; Provides information on the available disability resources and academic adjustments provided to students with disabilities; and Describes an appeals process for academic adjustment decisions that focuses on documentary review. Each institution shall publish the policy on the institution's website in an accessible format. The act describes the type of documentation that an institution may request to determine whether a student is eligible for an academic adjustment. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

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