Blackhawk Technical College will attempt to minimize conflict between students’ academic obligations and sincerely held religious beliefs. Reasonable accommodations will be made so that academic requirements do not unnecessarily interfere with the observation of religious holidays.

Observation of a religious holiday does not exempt students from any course requirement but allows them an opportunity to complete the assignment through an alternate means as arranged with their course instructor(s).

The following procedures will be used to set up reasonable accommodations for a religious holiday:

• Submit a written request to the course instructor(s) within the first 10 days of the class. The request will advise the instructor(s) of the specific date of the observation.
• The instructor(s) will have 10 school days to respond to the request in writing, outlining the accommodations that will be made.
• The student should remind the instructor(s) in writing of the religious observation five school days in advance of the anticipated absence.
• The instructor(s) may provide the student with a make-up assignment for the day absent. The instructor(s) are not obligated to schedule a make-up assignment before the regularly scheduled requirements are due.

Conflicts between students’ observation of a religious holiday and completion of academic requirements should be resolved informally between students and their instructors whenever possible. If the issue cannot be resolved informally, a formal grievance complaint may be filed.