SECTION 882.7. Reasonable Accommodations for Persons with Disabilities and Dyslexia

(a) The Council shall comply with applicable provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in its applications procedures by providing reasonable accommodations that do not violate or undermine the agency's mission or state law.

(b) It is the responsibility of the individual applicant to inform the Council in advance of any reasonable accommodations needed during the application process, including any examinations conducted by the agency. Only requests which give the Council sufficient notice and opportunity to provide reasonable accommodations without disrupting the normal business of the agency will be considered.

(c) Requests for reasonable accommodations under this rule must contain each of the following:

(1) a written description of the disability, as well as the functional limitations resulting from the disability;

(2) the specific accommodations requested;

(3) a description of any accommodations received in the past for the disability; and

(4) a formal medical or mental health diagnosis made or confirmed within the last five years by a licensed professional qualified to make the diagnosis describing the need for specific accommodations. The diagnosis must have been made or confirmed within the last 12 months for psychiatric disabilities. This requirement does not apply to physical or sensory disabilities of a permanent or unchanging nature.

(d) The Council will provide reasonable examination accommodations to an applicant who has been diagnosed as having dyslexia, as defined in §51.970 of the Education Code. When requesting reasonable examination accommodations under this subsection, the applicant must comply with subsection (c) of this section.

Source Note: The provisions of this §882.7 adopted to be effective September 1, 2020, 45 TexReg 4755