A community college in Salt Lake City, Utah, is being required to revise its practices after a pregnant student was encouraged to drop a class after asking for accommodations as she was dealing with morning sickness, education officials said.
The student filed a complaint with the federal entity, which determined that Salt Lake Community College"violated both Title IX and Section 504 after investigating allegations that the college encouraged a pregnant student to drop a course because she was pregnant, did not engage in an interactive process to provide her with academic adjustments or necessary services during her pregnancy, and did not excuse her pregnancy-related absences or allow her later to submit work following those...
Read MoreIn a letter addressed to the president of Salt Lake Community College, Deneece Huftalin, the US Department of Education explains that the student had informed her professor of her pregnancy and"that she was struggling with morning sickness and had missed or been late to some of the professor's classes as a result.
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