ADA Compliance & FERPA
Vickie Nicholson, Registrar
Student Services Building
Post Office Box 588,
Evergreen, Alabama 36401
Phone: 251-578-1313 ext. 120
Email: vickien@rstc.edu
ADA Compliance
Non-Discrimination Policy
Reid State Technical College is an equal opportunity employer. It is the policy of the Alabama Community College System, including all postsecondary community and technical colleges under the control of the Alabama Community College System Board of Trustees, that no employee or applicant for employment or promotion, on the basis of any impermissible criterion or characteristic including, without limitation, race, color, national origin, religion, marital status, disability, sex, age, or any other protected class as defined by federal and state law, shall be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program, activity, or employment. Reid State Technical College will make reasonable accommodations for qualified disabled applicants or employees. Applicants desiring reasonable accommodations for the interview are encouraged to request such accommodations when contacted for an interview appointment.
Americans with Disabilities Act
Reid State complies with Title VI and Title VII, Civil Rights Act of 1964; Title IX, Education Amendments of 1972; Section 504, Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
The College’s Dean of Students serves as the ADA and Section 504 Coordinator and may designate another employee in their department to perform those duties, if desired. Executive Director of Student Services AND 504 COORDINATOR Phone: (251) 578-1313.
Reid State Technical College is committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience and in compliance with Section 508 guidelines. If you have accessibility concerns or any issues viewing our content, please call 251-578-1313.
FERPA
To comply with requirements of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA), Reid State Technical College has established the following policies and procedures. Reid State Technical College accords all rights under the law to students who are declared independent. For the purpose of this policy, whenever a student has attained 18 years of age or is attending an institution of postsecondary education, the permission or consent required of and the rights accorded to the parents of the student shall thereafter only be required of and accorded to the student.
Responsibility for protection of the privacy of student educational records rests primarily with the Registrar /Admissions & Records Clerk. Educational records are defined by FERPA to include records, files, documents, and other materials that contain information directly related to students and are maintained by an educational agency or institution or by a person acting for such agency or institution. *Six exceptions to this definition of educational records are published in the 2010 FERPA Guide, a
publication of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers.