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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I overheard someone from the campus that was involved in the original “Kindle complaint” say that they had spent $14 million so far in correcting issues.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>One of my campuses won an OCR complaint, but while OCR was on campus, they discovered $2.5 million in architectural barriers that needed removal.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Another of my campuses had to take down their learning management system (yup, you read that right) because it was not accessible. They also had to remove ALL inaccessible online courses at the end of the term. How much did that cost? Well, clearly the cost was expensive in terms of dollars, but even higher in lost revenue, faculty time to retrofit courses, loss of FTE, and the list goes on.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I can’t even imagine how much it cost Michigan State to tear their newly completed and fully renovated stadium down because they had ignored repeated warnings that they had to follow ADA architectural standards—the cost had to be more along the $100 million line.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>In addition to the actual, measurable costs, a cost that is generally not recorded is the amount of extra time that staff have to spend. The office of the president and the disability services office in particular end up putting in a lot of extra hours and foregoing their regular work in order to provide everything OCR needs, help arrange interviews, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I’m not sure where you can find this information compiled, but for any public institution, there should be some sort of public record. <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich<br>HTCTU Director<br>408-996-6047</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Rovner, Amy<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, March 05, 2017 3:26 PM<br><b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network<br><b>Subject:</b> [Athen] Costs of DOJ Actions?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div id=divtagdefaultwrapper><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Hello,</span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Please excuse any cross-posting...</span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black'>I’m currently applying for funds to support our IT accessibility efforts on our campus. Beyond the compelling </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>legal, </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black'>ethical and social justice reasons for taking action, I think it would be helpful to have concrete examples of the high costs of waiting and having to make changes based upon a lawsuit/agreement with the DOJ and paying fines, etc. </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Does anyone know a good source for such numbers? Or have any of your schools gone through such a remediation process and are willing to share (even ball park numbers) with me?</span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><br>We are a medium sized community college with about 5000 annual FTE’s.</span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Thanks in advance!</span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><br>Amy</span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Amy Rovner, MPH RD</span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Instructional Designer</span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Accessible IT Coordinator</span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>eLearning Services</span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Shoreline Community College</span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div id=Signature><div id=divtagdefaultwrapper><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>