Timeframe & Overview of Eligible Students
Students with disabilities that significantly impact language acquisition may petition for a waiver ('25s and earlier) or substitution ('26s and after) of the requirement. Per ORC guidelines, all students should complete the language requirement or be approved for a waiver/substitution before the end of their 7th quarter.
Students who are granted waivers/substitutions tend to have auditory and/or orthographic processing, learning, speech/language, and/or related disorders. To be considered for a waiver/substitution, students who are not registered with SAS need to apply and submit documentation to Student Accessibility Services regarding their language learning aptitude. Key measures to assess language learning aptitude, especially for students with learning disorders, are described below. This level of assessment is generally not required for a student who is D/deaf or hard of hearing, who will want to refer to our documentation guidelines for D/deafness or hard of hearing. Alternatively, our documentation guidelines regarding auditory processing disorders may be more relevant to students with these conditions than the tests listed below. Medical and other forms of documentation that highlight impacts of a disability on language acquisition may also be relevant.
If you are already registered with SAS and have submitted documentation related to your difficulties with language acquisition, SAS will review that documentation and any new information you submit as part of your language waiver/substitution petition.