Service Animal Policy:

Service Animal Policy:

Service animals are welcome in all buildings on campus and may attend classes, meetings or events along with any person with a disability, including members of the general public.

Service animals perform some of the functions and tasks that an individual with a disability cannot perform for him or herself.  “Service animal” is defined in Title III of the ADA regulations (28 C.F.R. § 36.104) as follows:

A service animal means any guide dog, signal dog, or other animal individually trained to work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including, but not limited to, guiding individuals with impaired vision, alerting individuals with impaired hearing to intruders or sounds, providing minimal protection or rescue work, pulling a wheelchair, or fetching dropped items.

If an animal meets this definition, it is considered a service animal under the ADA, even if it has not been licensed or certified by a state or local government, or by a private agency. It is Concordia University’s policy to permit service animals on campus for those individuals who are disabled or who indicate that the animal with them provides a specific service to them.

Animals are not allowed in residence halls as indicated by the Residence Hall Housing Agreement in the Student Policies Handbook, item #17:
       “The resident may not keep or bring pets other than fish anywhere in the residence hall.”

These restrictions will be modified to allow equal access for students with disabilities who require use of a service animal.

Students who require additional information regarding procedure for disability services, access on campus, reasonable accommodations, or academic adjustments should refer to:

http://concordia.csp.edu/Disability/Students/How_to_Access_Servic.html

Any student who feels that they would like to appeal decisions from Disability Services regarding services, accommodations or other concerns should refer to our grievance policies:

http://concordia.csp.edu/Disability/Students/Grievance.html