[blindlaw] {Disarmed} Fwd: Law School Admission Council to Implement Sweeping Changes to Testing Accommodation Procedures For Test-Takers with Disabilities

Tue Sep 1 04:08:26 UTC 2015

Denise R. Avant
President, National Federation Of The Blind Of Illinois
Live the life you want

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> From: "Stratton, Michael" <Michael.Stratton at AMERICANBAR.ORG>
> Subject: FW: Law School Admission Council to Implement Sweeping Changes to Testing Accommodation Procedures For Test-Takers with Disabilities
> Date: August 31, 2015 at 12:03:01 PM CDT
> To: 3D at MAIL.AMERICANBAR.ORG
> Reply-To: "The Disability Discussion Docket (3D)" <3D at MAIL.AMERICANBAR.ORG>, "Stratton, Michael" <Michael.Stratton at AMERICANBAR.ORG>
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> FYI
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> From: U.S. Department of Justice [mailto:usdoj at public.govdelivery.com <mailto:usdoj at public.govdelivery.com>] 
> Sent: Monday, August 31, 2015 1:02 PM
> To: ABA Commission on Disability Rights
> Subject: Law School Admission Council to Implement Sweeping Changes to Testing Accommodation Procedures For Test-Takers with Disabilities
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> On August 7, 2015, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California upheld significant changes to LSAC's testing accommodation policies and practices. The court's decision <http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTUwODMxLjQ4NTg0MTAxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE1MDgzMS40ODU4NDEwMSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3NTQyNTI3JmVtYWlsaWQ9Y2RyQGFtZXJpY2FuYmFyLm9yZyZ1c2VyaWQ9Y2RyQGFtZXJpY2FuYmFyLm9yZyZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&&&100&&&http://www.ada.gov/dfeh_v_lsac/court_opinion_appeal.pdf> upheld almost all the changes to LSAC's testing accommodation procedures recommended in a report  <http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTUwODMxLjQ4NTg0MTAxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE1MDgzMS40ODU4NDEwMSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3NTQyNTI3JmVtYWlsaWQ9Y2RyQGFtZXJpY2FuYmFyLm9yZyZ1c2VyaWQ9Y2RyQGFtZXJpY2FuYmFyLm9yZyZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&&&101&&&http://www.ada.gov/lsac_best_practices_report.docx>by a panel of experts created pursuant to a 2014 consent decree that resolved allegations under the Americans with Disabilities Act in Dept. of Fair Employment & Housing (DFEH) v. Law School Admission Council, Inc. (LSAC), Case No. 12-1830--EMC (N. D. Cal). The District Court invalidated a limited portion of the recommendations (generally regarding timing for evaluating testing accommodation requests and how recent documentation in support of a request for testing accommodations based on mental or cognitive impairment must be) but upheld the bulk of the recommendations as written, including those that: categorize the type of documentation that will be sufficient for various types of testing accommodations requests, establish criteria for evaluating requests, require an automatic review by outside professionals before any request may be denied, and create an appeals process for those candidates whose testing accommodation requests are ultimately denied. LSAC will implement the upheld recommendations starting immediately for testing accommodation requests related to the December 2015 LSAT administration and later administrations.
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> Michael J. Stratton
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