Tom,

I think the Federal Department of Ed. would disagree with you, or should I
say that the guidance they have issued thus far in regards to state agencies
in states that receive Tech Act funds does. What 508 does provide us is
legally enforceable standards that would probably be the first place a court
would look in a civil case related to a 504 complaint and distance
education.

More importantly I would look at how a college or university intends to meet
the Section 504 requirements if a student will a disability requests
accomodation in a distance ed offering. Can you insure that your DE
offerings can be made accessible in the very limited timelines provided with
a 504 accomodation request, based on our reviews of a lot of DE offerings I
would say probably not.

Ron Stewart

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Horn
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Sent: 11/28/01 9:50 AM
Subject: Re: Section 508 and distance education

> Hi,
>     Can some one guide me to the specific part of section 508 and its
> applicability to distance education by community colleges and
Universities.

These are Federal Section 508 guidelines. Community colleges and
universities
are not mandated to follow the guidelines.

Tom Horn