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Important Accessibility Resource Office Campus Announcement for Midterms

If you are applying for testing accommodations to use for your midterm exams, please be aware that the cutoff to have your intake meeting completed by the ARO Coordinator (this is the final step of the process of applying for accommodations) is October 6.

The following steps must be taken: 

  • Complete an application for accommodations:  Application for Services
  • Provide all requested and appropriate documentation to the ARO. 

To request information regarding required documentation, contact the ARO in Charles McClain Hall, Room 104, at Jefferson College Hillsboro, or call (636) 481-3158 or (636) 797-3000, ext. 3158. TTY Users dial 711.

Current and appropriate documentation of a disability must be provided to the ARO. It must show how the disability substantially limits one or more major life activities before receiving accommodations. Jefferson College follows the established guidelines of the St. Louis Association on Higher Education and Disabilities (AHEAD) regarding documentation requirements for learning disabilities at the post-secondary level.  Please refer to the ARO Application webpage. 

  • Schedule and complete an intake appointment with the ARO Coordinator to go over your approved accommodations.
  • Once your intake appointment is completed, we will email you your letter of approved accommodations and share it with the testing center.
  • It is your responsibility to email your letter of accommodations to the instructor(s) that you want to use your testing accommodations in their class, to set up a meeting* to discuss using your accommodations. Please refer to the ARO canvas page for detailed instructions.
  • *You will have an email discussion for an online class.  
  • *You will have a physical meeting if you have an in-person class.
  • You must arrange for any necessary training with the Accessibility Resource Office (636-481-3162) should you have testing accommodations requiring any technology. Please refer to the ARO canvas page for detailed instructions. 
  • If your testing accommodations require you to make a reservation. Please refer to the ARO canvas page for detailed instructions. Contact Jenna Pinson (636) 481-3162 in the ARO for more information and/or assistance in making a reservation in the Testing Center.
  • Your instructor(s) can complete the required Testing Center referral form, adjust the time on the test, and send it to the Testing Center.

Transferring Accommodations

Students Graduating in December and Transferring in Spring of 2027:

If you are transferring to 4-year college after graduation and are planning on applying for accommodations at your new school.

Then please following the steps below:

  • Make contact with your new school's Access/Accessibility Office and let them know that you had accommodations at Jefferson College.
  • After your meeting with them, email the ARO at aro@jeffco.edu with the following information:
    • I, (fill in your full name) am requesting that you send a list of my accommodations to (fill in the name of your new school)
    • To (fill in the name of the person you spoke in the Access/Accessibility Office at the new school)
    • Their phone number
    • Their email address

If you are wanting a physical copy of your IEP, 504 Plan or medical documentation that you provided the ARO over the years that you attended Jefferson College, please add that at the bottom of your email. These documents can not be emailed or faxed to you - you have to come to the ARO to pick them up.

Please allow 2-3 business days, you will receive an email when the packet is ready for pick-up.