[NABS-L] Denial of services because of out of home state schooling

[Keri Svendsen]

Emma,


If it puts you over the 30 credits a year then I think they get cranky. 
I would contact the local Disability rights agency in PA for advice. I'd 
also recommend you speak to Kimie Beverly at NFB in Baltimore. Kimie has 
been a great help to me with DRS issues.


On 4/2/2018 4:24 PM, Veronica R Gaspa via NABS-L wrote:
> Hello Emma,
> I also go to school out of state and my Commission has always said they will not provide funding for summer classes. It seems to be a common thing, because, as someone has already said they don't seem to think getting your degree quicker is more important than to do what they think is typical.
> Best,
> Vee Gaspa
>
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> Hello Emma,
>
> Is it possible that your school may be contesting funding summer courses because they are "not required to maintain good academic standing?" That is, the agency may feel that completing the degree "in a more timely manner" is not essential to completing your degree in a time-frame they deem to be typical of a batchelors. I am currently in the process of receiving funding to attend grad school out of state, and I needed a letter from the head of my program confirming that summer courses were essential for graduating on time in order to receive money for those courses.
>
> I'm sorry that you are experiencing this; I hope this helps in some way.
>
> Connor Mullin
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: [NABS-L] Denial of services because of out of home state schooling
>
>
> HI!
> So I need advice
> Does anyone have the experience of being denied services because you go to out of state school?
> I currently live in Pennsylvania but I go to George Washington university in Washington DC My vocational services in services just recently denied summer classes to get my degree in a more timely manner even with a disability services letter of justification that they asked for what  I’m wondering is can they deny based on out of state and what are my rights as a consumer? Anyone have experience with this?
> Emma
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