Disability Support Services Council
April 16th and April 19th, 2013
Spring Meeting Minutes
(ENZIAN-Danube Room, 4th Floor)
Meeting was called to order at 1:15 p.m. by President Megan Jasurda.
Megan welcomed those in attendance and expressed appreciation to members
attending by audio teleconferencing. Rosemary Dunn (new to DSSC and Shoreline)
asked to recognize those hurt at the Boston Marathon Race. All recognized those
touched by the violent actions of the bombs. Together with this, Megan asked for
any other new members to be welcomed with two additional introductions for
Rolando Garcia from Columbia Basin and Sara Nagpal from North Seattle.
Winter Meeting Minutes&Treasure Report
 Treasures Report-Claudia Angus reported out with no concerns.
 The Minutes report was reviewed with edits provided by Tami Jacobs regarding
page 2. All edits will be made for the final report. At which time, both reports were
approved and accepted by the membership at 1:45pm.
2012-2013 Work Plan Review
Worksheet hand out was reviewed with the following discussion noted:
Goal 1: Plan and Conduct Three Professional Development/Council Meetings-no
updates
Goal 2: Advocate for Accessibility: Discuss issues/concerns around technology,
Implementation& Procurement-Canvas lost its “gold” star from RFP due to
inaccessibility but is currently working to get this back. Connie Broughton, DIR of ELearning and Open Education at SBCTC is very open to receive feedback on
access. With regards to the new ctcLink product the vendor Oracle has been
selected. Spokane Community College and Tacoma Community College are the two
pilot colleges that will be monitoring the adoption and soliciting feedback. Megan
shared she had spoken with the ctcLink representative from SBCTC who felt there
was good understanding regarding DSS as a result of all the DSS materials
collected from the call-out back in February.
Goal 3: Implement Student Learning Outcomes Project-Mary Gerard shared she will
be up-dating everyone during the break-out session and confirmed the colleges
participating in the pilot include Shoreline, Whatcom, Renton, Bates& BTC which will
have outcomes and assessment tools.
Present Bylaw Change for Secretary Position (vote to be conducted in fall)
Kim Thompson led discussion proposing the DSSC Secretary position be a two-year
term vs. the present one-year term. This will match the Treasurer’s position.
Feedback from DSSC members appear in favor of the bylaw change with voices
heard from the past Secretary and present Secretary supporting the change, as it
will allow for greater continuity to be maintained with date sensitive paper work and
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responsibilities. A council vote will be targeted at the fall 2013 conference. Marc
Coomer from Yakima Valley suggested an amendment to the current bylaw with
Treasurer voted on odd years and Secretary voted on even years. Action Item:
Megan Jasurda will double check DSSC Constitution to make sure there isn’t any
language to be aware of.
New Work Plan 2013-2014
Discussions and questions were led by Megan Jasurda who asked members if they
wanted to keep the current three (3) goals in the existing Work Plan. All members
voiced approval with keeping all three. Requests for the following adjustments were
extended to members and include:
Goal 2: Extend OCL to include review of standards set forth by the SBCTC.
Goal 3: Kim Thompson encouraged all schools to consider Student Learning
Outcomes (SLO).
2013-2014 Board Elections
The following discussions confirmed the need to change bylaw and constitution
languages for both Treasurer and Secretary. All nominated candidates introduced
themselves with Karma Forbes background and experience advocated by a fellow
member given her absence during this discussion. A request for other nominations
was made with none offered. At which time, members voted for the following
nominees with ballots collected:
 President Elect: Karma Forbes or write in
 Secretary: Jamie Hatleberg or write in
 Treasurer: Marc Coomer or write in
 Member at Large: Kerri Holferty or write in
Conference broke at 2:03 pm to 2:15pm
SBCTC Report
Scott Copeland led discussions and an introduction of his role with DSSC for new
members. At which time, he reviewed the SBCTC handout provided and shared he
has been spending a lot of time with legislators. He shared the process of writing
bills and hearing reports, adding he has heard seventy-three (73) reports to date.
Discussions also touched on another year of no money and the very busy schedule
between the house and senate.
The following Bills were highlighted:
House Bill 1109- Priority Registration for Veterans and its passage through both the
House and Senate going into effect ninety (90) days after the Governor’s signature.
Implementation is anticipated in winter 2014. Scott shared individual colleges have
the opportunity to start prior to ninety (90) day time frame from Governor’s signature
and that DSS offices might want to work with their college Veteran Centers and
Veteran Representatives.
House Bill 1858 Awarding academic credits for military training-Died.
House Bill 1011 Resident Tuition for Veterans-Died.
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House Bill 1817 Adding Eligibility Criteria for Higher Education Financial Aid-Died in
the senate but is now with the house under proviso language.
House Bill 5180 Senator Shin Bill-Currently on house floor calendar. Kim Thompson
added she had recently visited with the Senator and felt he did not understand the
difference between intellectual disabilities (and/or executive skill deficits) vs. learning
disabilities. Scott concurred.
House Bill 5712 Encourages colleges to use, and inform students of the use of,
multiple measures to determine the need for precollege course-Delivered to the
Governor.
Specific budget news shed some light for students as they will more than likely not
have increases with tuition with a 3% tuition roll back. Also, the 3% classified salary
cuts are anticipated to be put back and there will be money for State Need Grants.
After which, Scott opened the floor for any questions…there were none. He restated
his commitment for working with DSSC to ensure equal access in higher education.
Conference broke at 2:54 pm to 3:05pm
New DSSC Board Members Announced
The new 2013-2014 DSSC Board will consist of the following members:
 President Elect: Karma Forbes
 Current President: Michael Hoel
 Past President: Megan Jasurda
 (Exiting Past President: Kim Thompson)
 Secretary: Jamie Hatleberg
 Treasurer: Marc Coomer
 (Exiting Treasurer: Claudia Angus)
 Member at Large: Kerri Holferty
 (Exiting Member at Large: Karen Fusco)
An informal poll was taken with members asking if a meeting was needed on Friday,
April 19th since WAPED had extended their agenda. Initial feedback was to not have
a meeting on the 19th.
Student Services Commission Liaison Report
Dr. Deb Casey called in and led the following updates with discussions. The 2014
Student Services Council will be in Tacoma and is still in the initial planning stages.
Anticipated dates are April 22nd to 29th 2014.
The ctcLink update confirmed efforts are finalizing what is in RFP’s and the entire
processes. “Content Experts” are starting to get organized at each college campus
with a chart available. Action Item: Megan Jasurda will send out to DSSC listserv.
HR commission is working on Title IX to create one policy for the state; and a
number of competency-based learning workshop/training are anticipated to come
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out soon. Deb encouraged each of us to ask their campuses about competencybased education.
At which point, Karen Fusco asked Deb for input on the Letter of Concern (LOC)
being drafted by DSSC. A history starting from the 2010 “Dear Colleague” letter was
touched on summarizing current technologies being used which exclude student
access with Tegrity being used as an example. Deb suggested putting that kind of
language in the LOC. She further suggested DSSC request “standards for
accessible technology and procurement guidelines; emphasizing the letter is to raise
concern. Deb thought the current examples were really good and maybe we should
bring in the last paragraph to the first paragraph and then restate at the end,
confirming it is a global institutional issue vs. a DSS issue; additionally encouraging
DSS folks to reach out to their campus ELearning Departments.
Furthermore, Deb anticipates the President’s Commission would push the LOC
down to VP’s of Student Affairs and Instruction and shared we might get better buy
in if we add the recommendation for creating a state wide/system wide task force
(IT, ELearning, Business Office; Media Services, DSS, Student Affairs and
Instruction) that will gather the data to bring back to the President’s Commission.
She added DSSC could consider calling Virginia to find out how they developed their
process.
Conference broke at 4:01 pm to 4:10pm
Committee Reports& AT Committee Letter of Concern
Math-Sent out edited survey to WAPED and resent the survey to DSS listserv.
Accessible Technology (AT)-Committee will take all of Deb Casey’s
recommendations and redraft the letter. Action Item: Karen Fusco will send out
LOC to members for a final review.
Student Learning Outcomes (SLO)-Mary Gerard presented a ppt on DSSC Work
Plan “Assisting Student Learning Outcomes”. Action Item: Mary will send out ppt to
individual requests.
Wrap Up
There was a request to take a formal vote to decide whether or not to have a
meeting given WAPED’s extended agenda on Friday, the 19th. Nineteen (19) voted
to stay and have a meeting with seven (7) voting to end after WAPED. It was
confirmed a DSSC meeting would be held on Friday, the 19th from 12:15pm to
1:00pm.
DAY TWO: Friday, April 19th 2013
Michael Hoel called the meeting to order at 12:15pm and thanked those in
attendance. A general announcement was made extending recognition to outgoing
board members Kim Thompson, Karen Fusco and Claudia Angus.
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Request for Hot Topics
The following topics were requested and discussed:
1. Kim Thompson brought forward Disclosure of Accommodations with instructorsIs the accommodation confidential?
Group discussions felt the disability is confidential but the accommodation is the
service and is not confidential especially if the student is requesting
accommodations.
2. General college grievance brochures that do not have DSS included in the
brochure-Shouldn’t DSS be included?
Group discussions felt DSS offices need their own grievance guideline and
should distribute where all the general grievance brochures are located.
3. Suspension of interpreter services-Clarification requested.
Group discussions concurred temporary is the key…we cannot permanently
suspend services.
4. Question: What do DSS folks feel about reviewing and standardizing our
policies/procedures?
Group discussions felt a good starting point might be to develop a panel that
would share procedures; this could be targeted at winter conference. We were
reminded that in 1995 DSSC developed guidelines which are still used to date.
5. Tutoring Services-Is not an accommodation but must be accessible.
Group discussions agreed and shared most campus tutoring services are free
and that purchased tutoring has to be for all students vs. students with
disabilities. Remember always ask “would you offer this to all students?”
6. Printer/copier locations-How do we address DSS confidential documents?
Group discussions shared individual examples with how DSS offices receive their
documentation.
7. Ben Webinger reminded everyone he has sent out the DTA email that discussed
alternative math pathways which provide greater options but still could have
prerequisites which can be limiting.
Conference Adjourned at 1:00pm with conference evaluations handed out.
Conference Minutes respectfully submitted by Jamie Hatleberg, Secretary on
6-26-13
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