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Boston College is mandated to have an ADA/Section 504 Compliance officer on staff responsible for all of the compliance of new buildings and programmatic access. Richard Jefferson was hired, stated he was not responsible for ADA/Section 504 campus compliance. Rather, he stated it was only a tag on position to his title as Director of the OID. After he retired in May 2015, David Trainor, Director of HR, assumed this position. There has been no evidence that Mr. Trainor has taken on this role as mandated.
The 504 Rehabilitation Act is a law from 1973 that requires for colleges which receive federal funds (loans, etc) to make accommodations for students with disabilities on campus. As such, Boston College is a college that is required to make sure all of its libraries, classrooms, and programs are accessible to persons with disabilities, and this law prohibits acts of discrimination.
" ...No otherwise qualified individual with a disability in the United States, as defined in section 705 (20) of this title, shall, solely by reason of his or her disability, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance or under any program or activity conducted by any Executive agency ... '...The head of each such agency shall promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the amendments to this section made by the Rehabilitation, Comprehensive Services, and Development Disabilities Act of 1978. Copies of any proposed regulations shall be submitted to appropriate authorizing committees of the Congress, and such regulation may take effect no earlier than the thirtieth day after the date of which such regulation is so submitted to such committees..." [Section 794. Nondiscrimination under Federal grants and programs; promulgation of rules and regulations]
Boston College is mandated to have an ADA/Section 504 Compliance officer on staff responsible for all of the compliance of new buildings and programmatic access. Richard Jefferson was hired, stated he was not responsible for ADA/Section 504 campus compliance. Rather, he stated it was only a tag on position to his title as Director of the OID. After he retired in May 2015, David Trainor, Director of HR, assumed this position. There has been no evidence that Mr. Trainor has taken on this role as mandated.
The 504 Rehabilitation Act is a law from 1973 that requires for colleges which receive federal funds (loans, etc) to make accommodations for students with disabilities on campus. As such, Boston College is a college that is required to make sure all of its libraries, classrooms, and programs are accessible to persons with disabilities, and this law prohibits acts of discrimination.
" ...No otherwise qualified individual with a disability in the United States, as defined in section 705 (20) of this title, shall, solely by reason of his or her disability, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance or under any program or activity conducted by any Executive agency ... '...The head of each such agency shall promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the amendments to this section made by the Rehabilitation, Comprehensive Services, and Development Disabilities Act of 1978. Copies of any proposed regulations shall be submitted to appropriate authorizing committees of the Congress, and such regulation may take effect no earlier than the thirtieth day after the date of which such regulation is so submitted to such committees..." [Section 794. Nondiscrimination under Federal grants and programs; promulgation of rules and regulations]
521CMR Massachusetts Architectural Access Board
- 20.1 GENERAL
An accessible route shall provide a continuous unobstructed path connecting accessible spaces and elements inside and outside a facility. Accessible routes may include but are not limited to walks, halls, corridors, aisles, skywalks, and tunnels. Accessible routes may not include stairs, steps, or escalators, even if the stairs and steps are required to be accessible under 521 CMR.