Disability Accommodations
It is the policy of Perry Technical Institute (PTI) to comply with all federal and state laws concerning facility access and the education of qualified individuals with disabilities. PTI will provide reasonable accommodations to students if the school is notified that a student with a disability requires an accommodation in order to pursue or continue training at Perry Technical Institute. An accommodation is not intended to lower or to substantially modify a course of study or its standards or expectations. PTI will work with the student to reasonably accommodate him or her so that he or she can learn in the classroom and lab settings, unless the accommodation causes undue hardship, fundamentally alters the program or course of study or causes undue financial burdens.
Contact the Education Department with any questions or requests for accommodation, by email ada@perrytech.edu, or by phone 509-453-0374. Information related to an accommodation request will be treated as confidential, except that: a) faculty and department heads may be informed, on a need-to-know basis, regarding necessary restrictions on the work or assignments of the student and any necessary accommodations, b) first aid and safety personnel may be informed, when appropriate, if the disability might require emergency treatment, c) government officials investigating compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act shall be provided relevant information on request. The Education Department may require professional documentation to support a request for certain accommodations.
ADA Grievance Procedure
Perry Technical Institute prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability for faculty, staff, students and visitors. Perry Technical Institute has adopted an internal grievance procedure providing for prompt and equitable resolution of complaints by any member of the Perry Technical Institute community.
The procedure can be viewed on our website at perrytech.edu/diversity/disabilities.html. Any applicant, student, staff, faculty and visitor who believes she or he has been subjected to discrimination on the basis of disability (or is unsatisfied with accommodations provided) may provide a grievance under this procedure.
Amanda Wesselius, HR Specialist, has been designated to coordinate the efforts of Perry Technical Institute to comply with Section 504 and the ADA for students. She can be reached by phone at 509.453.0374 x5799, and by email at amanda.wesselius@perrytech.edu.
Service and Emotional Support Animal Policy
Service animals, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), are dogs or miniature horses individually trained to do work or perform specific tasks for the benefit of a person with a disability. Examples of such work or tasks include guiding people who are blind, alerting people who are deaf, pulling a wheelchair, responding to and protecting a person who is having a seizure, or performing other duties.
Service animals are working animals, not pets. The work or task a service animal has been trained to provide must be directly related to the person’s disability. Animals whose sole function is to provide comfort or emotional support do not qualify as service animals under the ADA guidelines and are not permitted on Perry Tech’s campus.
Service Animals must be housebroken, must be clean and well cared for, and must remain on-leash and under the control of the handler at all times. If the service animal is out of control, or demonstrates a direct threat to the safety and health of any member of the campus community or PTI property, the school reserves the right to remove the service animal. The handler will be held responsible for any damage to Perry Technical Institute property or facilities.
Any questions or concerns regarding Service Animals on campus should be raised with Garet Gasseling, Associate Dean of Education, or Amanda Wesselius, Human Resources Specialist.