Housing Disabilities Assignments & Appeals
Housing Medical Accommodation Assignments
A student with a documented disability or a parent or advocate on behalf of the student and with the student鈥檚 permission may make a written request for reasonable housing accommodation(s) or a housing exemption. Said request should include appropriate documentation of the student鈥檚 disability. The request for the housing accommodation or exemption form will be available on-line and in the Housing Office.
The request form shall be forwarded to the ADA Subcommittee of the Affirmative Action Committee, 423 Wells Hall, 天美传媒, Murray, KY 42071, for a determination. The decision of the ADA Subcommittee of the Affirmative Action Committee will then be mailed by the Office of Student Disability Services to the student. Please note that the resulting housing assignment, if any, will be made available on the student's MyGate account. It should be noted that requests for accommodations can be initiated at any time. However, it is recommended that requests for the fall semesters be received by May 31, for spring semesters by December 15 and for summer terms, one month prior to the first day of class.
Requests for accommodations or a housing exemption made after the start of any semester or term shall be processed in like manner. A determination shall be made as soon as possible but no later than two (2) weeks following the date the request is received.
Medical Accommodation Assignment Appeals Process
A student (or the student鈥檚 parent or advocate on behalf of the student) who is dissatisfied with the decision of the Subcommittee as to the requested accommodation(s) or housing exemption (i.e. does not believe that the housing assignment or denial of exemption accommodates the student鈥檚 disability or in some way endangers the student鈥檚 safety or health) may file a written appeal to the Office of Institutional Diversity Equity & Access (IDEA), 103 Wells Hall, 天美传媒, Murray, KY 42071, along with any supporting documentation. Said appeal shall be filed in the Office of IDEA within ten (10) days from the date of receipt of the original decision by the Subcommittee as to the request for reasonable accommodation(s)/housing exemption. No one involved in the initial decision by the Subcommittee shall be involved in the determination on appeal which shall be made by the Office of IDEA. The Office of IDEA shall make a written determination within thirty (30) days from the date it received the appeal. The decision of the Office of IDEA shall be final.
First Floor Housing Information
Kentucky law (KRS164.9495) requires that students who have a disability, or a sensory, cognitive or neurological deficit or impairment, or a learning disorder, minimal brain dysfunction, dyslexia, pervasive developmental disorder, autism, or Asperger Syndrome be given priority for the first floor housing assignments. If you have a disability or condition, as noted above, and desire a first floor housing assignment, contact the Office of Student Disability Services. Please note that first floor housing assignments are only available in Lee Clark, Franklin, James H. Richmond and Springer (Springer is available for female students only).