I'm sure that by now, many of you have received this message from Chancellor Goldstein.
What does this mean for funding for students with disabilities?
It means that the Legislature has appropriated the $250,000 line-item increase in CUNY's 2006-07 Budget Request. It also means that the Legislature has fully funded the CUNY Compact, including the $1.3 million in additional funds for disability services aggregated through the CUNY colleges' individual student services plans, all without a tuition increase for students for 06-07.
This is VERY encouraging news! It means all of our lobbying efforts were very successful. . .thank you all so much for your leadership and hard work!
It is not yet a "done deal" - the Governor still has 19 days to either sign the budget into effect or exercise his veto; however, because this budget seems to have bi-partisan support, it is likely that the Legislature has the necessary votes to override any Pataki veto.
We should now begin to shift our focus to working with our student leaders to ensure that disability services get every dollar of the $1.3 million aggregated by the colleges in their student services plans. The Chancellery and Dean Franklin have already begun to excercise "top-down" pressure to ensure that this happens; let's work together at the grass-roots level to exert some "bottom-up" pressure.
Congratulations on a major victory. . .take great pride in knowing that we accomplished this together. . .I certainly do!
http://www1.cuny.edu/portal_ur/cmo/i/6/3/chancellor_message.html
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Friday, March 31, 2006
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Accommodations, ADA, and Light Duty
Accommodations, ADA, and Light Duty
The Job Accommodation Network (JAN) has a "question and answer" article on its website examining light duty as an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
"Light duty" is defined as work that is less physically or mentally demanding than regular duties. The article examines when light duty can be required as an accommodation for an employee who meets the requirements of having a disability as defined under the ADA.
"The term disability means: (1) a person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, (2) a person with a record of a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, and (3) a person who is regarded as having a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities."
To access the article in its entirety, use the following link:
http://www.jan.wvu.edu/corner/index.htm
The Job Accommodation Network (JAN) has a "question and answer" article on its website examining light duty as an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
"Light duty" is defined as work that is less physically or mentally demanding than regular duties. The article examines when light duty can be required as an accommodation for an employee who meets the requirements of having a disability as defined under the ADA.
"The term disability means: (1) a person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, (2) a person with a record of a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, and (3) a person who is regarded as having a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities."
To access the article in its entirety, use the following link:
http://www.jan.wvu.edu/corner/index.htm
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