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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center;line-height:120%'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Section 504/ADA<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Section
504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is a civil rights law designed to
eliminate discrimination on the basis of disability in any program or activity
receiving Federal financial assistance.&nbsp; Section 504 guarantees certain
rights to individuals with disabilities, including the right to full
participation and access to a <i>free and appropriate public education </i>(FAPE)
to all children regardless of the nature or severity of the disability.&nbsp;
Specifically, 34 C.F.R.§104 states: <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&quot;No
otherwise qualified individual with a disability in the United States... shall,
solely by reason of her or his disability, be excluded from participation in,
be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program
or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></i><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Section
504 requires the provision of appropriate educational services; services that
are designed to meet the individual needs of qualified students to the same
extent that the needs of students without a disability are met.&nbsp;
Essentially Section 504 was designed to &quot;level the playing field,&quot; to
ensure full participation by individuals with disabilities.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></p>

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line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Student Contact Information:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>Leigh Ann Powell<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>Coordinator Student Disability Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center;line-height:normal'><a
href="mailto:Leigh_Powell@tamu-commerce.edu"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Leigh_Powell@tamu-commerce.edu</span></a><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>Phone: (903)886-5853<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>Fax: (903)468-8148<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>Email: </span><a
href="mailto:StudentDisabilityServices@tamu-commerce.edu"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>StudentDisabilityServices@tamu-commerce.edu</span></a><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Faculty/Staff Contact Information:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>Michele Vieira<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>Faculty/Staff Coordinator Disability Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center;line-height:normal'><a
href="mailto:Michele_Vieira@tamu-commerce.edu"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Michele_Vieira@tamu-commerce.edu</span></a><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>Phone: (903)886-5025<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>Fax:  (903)886-5670<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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