The following statement is the policy of Buffalo State College:

• The State University College at Buffalo will not discriminate against any employee, applicant for employment or student, because of physical or mental handicap with regard to any position or program for which that person is qualified. This commitment is applicable in all employment practices including, but not limited to employment upgrading, demotion or transfer, recruitment, layoff or termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation, and selection for training." (Policy Number VI:01:03 1985)

• Although the statement pre-dates the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, it does express the college policy with regard to persons with handicapping conditions which can be related to persons with disabilities as in the more recent federal legislation. In carrying out this policy, the college shall make a good faith effort to reasonably accommodate the physical and/or mental limitations of an employee, applicant for employment or student unless such accommodations would impose undue hardship on the operation of the college.

• The college will not deny an employment opportunity to an individual because the individual has a relationship or association with an individual who has a disability.

• The college will not knowingly participate in a contractual or other arrangement that subjects an applicants for employment, an employee, or a student with a disability to unlawful discrimination.

• The college will not discriminate or retaliate against any individual, whether or not the individual has a disability, as a result of an individual opposing a discriminatory practice, filing a discrimination complaint, or participating in any way in enforcing the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Students with need for special services related to disabilities should contact:

Marianne Savino
Coordinator Special Services
SW 210
878-4500

Faculty and staff needs should be addressed with Human Resource Management.

Complaints and Grievances Related to Allegations of Discrimination Based on Disabilities

The State University College at Buffalo will follow the SUNY Complaint Procedures for the Review of Allegations of Discrimination/Harassment(2030) to resolve complaints of unlawful discrimination/harassment based on disabilities.

Complaints are filed in the Office of Equity and Campus Diversity,
Cleveland Hall, Room 415,1300 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo NY 14222.

Complaints should be addressed to Dolores E. Battle, Ph.D., Senior Advisor to the President for Equity and Campus Diversity, who has been designated by the college president to coordinate the ADA compliance efforts.