HB2031 Summary

• Arizona Board of Regents universities and community colleges must adopt policies recognizing various forms of disability documentation as sufficient to establish disability status, including IEPs, Section 504 plans, professional evaluations, and disability documentation from military service.

• Institutions must maintain transparent and explicit policies regarding the process for determining eligibility for accommodations for students with disabilities.

• Universities and community colleges must disseminate disability accommodation policies to students, faculty, and the public in accessible formats, including during student orientation and on institutional websites.

• Institutions must engage in the interactive process to establish reasonable accommodations and may request additional documentation as needed, in compliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

• Institutions may establish less burdensome criteria than those prescribed in the bill to establish individuals as having a disability.