ICYMI: In a damning letter, the U.S. Department of Education said that a Utah college’s treatment of a pregnant student was intentional discrimination. The school is now under federal review.
which has the most working students and parents enrolled of any of the eight public colleges in the state
She also knew she would need some accommodations to complete the coursework. She brought in a doctor’s note to show her professor proof that — even with medication to help — the pregnancy had been rough, causing her to lose sleep and affecting her ability to focus. The professor responded, advising for a second time she should drop the course. She said she was “concerned” that the student “had decided to continue” with the class this semester. She said she should put her health first and be responsible for her decisions.
Instead, he next talked with the professor, who told him that she felt the accommodations were not reasonable and would fundamentally alter the class. He didn’t document that chat, either, but he did decide in favor of the professor. Schools are explicitly supposed to provide accommodations for students who are pregnant, which is considered a temporary disability in cases with extreme sickness, according to federal law.
The school, they found, did not acknowledge pregnancy in its nondiscrimination statement, on its Title IX website, on its Disability Resource Center website, or in its policy for the Americans with Disabilities Act, which all schools are supposed to have.
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