What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? NC
This situation occurred in 2010 and pertains to the university policy prohibiting information being sent to parents. My son has ADHD. He was a college student and had a 504 plan in place at his college. To my knowledge, he was not required to visit an advisor each semester to have his class schedule set up. In addition, despite the fact that we were cosigners to his college loans, we were not advised of the number of classes he was taking, nor were we privy to his grades or class performance. He told us he was majoring in psychology but then changed his major after 3 years to chemistry.
We were unaware that he had not completed his basic required course work for either major. We were also unaware that he dropped a class each semester so his work load was low...sometimes only 2-3 classes...just enough to get funding. In 2010, he was stopped and charged with a DUI. Had never had a ticket or any other legal infraction to our knowledge. He lost his license, has to have a devise installed in his car for a year, was suspended from school. Basically, it has the potential to ruin his life. His college put him on suspension pending substance abuse counselling and 30 hours of community service. This occurred in October...we were never notified by the college of his infraction, their response, nor did he tell us until the spring only because he needed money for his attorney fees. He now wants to return to school but commuting from home to the university branch locally. I want to know, since he was under a 504 plan, do we have any legal recourse as far as having him reinstated as a student with financial assistance based on the fact that the school never notified us of his suspension, never notified us of his dropped classes or lack of advisor assistance in setting up classes to expedite his graduation (as it stands, he has at least 2 years of classes to complete in order to graduate). As cosigners of his loans, you would think we should have been kept in the loop as to what was going on. And since he is considered handicapped, it should have been manditory that he have supervision of his course load and performance. I'm not exactly sure what I'm asking here but as parents involved financially with our son's education, we should have some recourse to getting him back in school and graduated so he can afford to pay back his loans. As it stands now, he is working in a warehouse at practically minimum wage.What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
This situation occurred in 2010 and pertains to the university policy prohibiting information being sent to parents. My son has ADHD. He was a college student and had a 504 plan in place at his college. To my knowledge, he was not required to visit an advisor each semester to have his class schedule set up. In addition, despite the fact that we were cosigners to his college loans, we were not advised of the number of classes he was taking, nor were we privy to his grades or class performance. He told us he was majoring in psychology but then changed his major after 3 years to chemistry.
We were unaware that he had not completed his basic required course work for either major. We were also unaware that he dropped a class each semester so his work load was low...sometimes only 2-3 classes...just enough to get funding. In 2010, he was stopped and charged with a DUI. Had never had a ticket or any other legal infraction to our knowledge. He lost his license, has to have a devise installed in his car for a year, was suspended from school. Basically, it has the potential to ruin his life. His college put him on suspension pending substance abuse counselling and 30 hours of community service. This occurred in October...we were never notified by the college of his infraction, their response, nor did he tell us until the spring only because he needed money for his attorney fees. He now wants to return to school but commuting from home to the university branch locally. I want to know, since he was under a 504 plan, do we have any legal recourse as far as having him reinstated as a student with financial assistance based on the fact that the school never notified us of his suspension, never notified us of his dropped classes or lack of advisor assistance in setting up classes to expedite his graduation (as it stands, he has at least 2 years of classes to complete in order to graduate). As cosigners of his loans, you would think we should have been kept in the loop as to what was going on. And since he is considered handicapped, it should have been manditory that he have supervision of his course load and performance. I'm not exactly sure what I'm asking here but as parents involved financially with our son's education, we should have some recourse to getting him back in school and graduated so he can afford to pay back his loans. As it stands now, he is working in a warehouse at practically minimum wage.What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
