Charting the Changes: FERPA and ADA
Fedeal Law Change Affects Your Campus
Understanding little changes that will have a big impact on your campus.
Amendments made to ADA and a new guidance for FERPA directly impact colleges and universities.
Can you translate the changes, interpret their implications, and then know exactly how to ready your staff and campus?
Changes to the ADA broadened the definition of “disability” offering many more people the opportunity of a successful higher-ed experience.
Along with the increase of students, there may be an increase in lawsuits if you’re not prepared; it’s in everyone’s best interest to know exactly what your campus needs to have in place.
Brett A. Sokolow, J.D., and Saundra K. Schuster, J.D., highlight the specific changes made to each act – in terms you can understand - and give you a sound explanation of how the changes affect your campus.
What you will take away from this 90-minute seminar:
- Learn why Congress thought changes to the ADA of 1990 were necessary
- Realize how the changes to the definition of “disability” will directly impact your campus
- Understand changes to the “substantially limits” language of ADA
- Be familiar with the two lists of “major life activities” now in place
- Clearly decipher what the law says about episodic disability and remission
- Have an overview of the revised FERPA Guidance and its contents, and see how it benefits the safety of your community
Who will benefit:
- Admissions and Disability Services Personnel
- Registrars
- Campus Law Enforcement Officers
- Campus Counselors
- Student Success Advisors
- Academic Advisors
- Faculty
- Administrative Deans
- Provosts
- Student Affairs Staff
- Housing and Residential Life Personnel
- Risk Managers
- College and University Attorneys
- Ombudsman Officers

Recorded: 3/24/2009
Running Time: 90 Minutes
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![]() | Saundra K. Schuster, Esq. |
![]() | Brett Sokolow, J.D. |
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