[CATO] Follow-Up from DSSC/WAPED Sessions

[Fauth, Bryan]

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Hi Everyone,

Thank you everyone who came to the DSSC/WAPED sessions yesterday. There were two different action items that came out of the sessions:


  1.  Responding to the Department of Energy (DOE) Proposed Changes: The DOE is proposing new rules<https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/16/2025-08593/rescinding-regulations-related-to-nondiscrimination-in-federally-assisted-programs-or-activities> that would encourage new construction and existing construction that is inaccessible to individuals with disabilities. This would upend decades of reliance on established accessibility standards, creating conflicts with other statutory and regulatory standards. If these proposed rule changes are approved, the impact to the disability community would be devastating. The Law Office of Lainey Feingold does a good job explaining the ramifications<https://www.lflegal.com/2025/06/energy-department-rollback/>.

DSSC, WAPED, CATO, and the E-Learning all expressed a desire to make an official comment in response to the proposed rule changes. The commenting period ends on June 16th. Kyle has put together a template that was suggested for use for comment responses<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kDkG0we3rC8-TsH-rKY-E63oTHEA5RkPxuHa6gKwj7Y/edit?tab=t.uakiducx0vc6>. Tab 2 contains the template for comment to the DOE rule changes. If any members would like to make any contributions (edits/suggestions) to the official comment, please submit them before Thursday, June 12th at 5:00pm. Representatives from DSSC, WAPED, CATO, and E-Learning will connect on Friday to organize everyone's feedback and submit the comment.


  1.  Responding to the American Council of Education (ACE) Letter: Attached for reference. At yesterday's sessions, there was also a strong desire expressed to craft a letter that can be sent through our governance structure and to campus leaders regarding concerns about delaying the updates to Title II of the ADA. DSSC, WAPED, CATO, and E-Learning Council will collaborate on a letter that can be distributed. Representatives from each group will coordinate to write the letter together to ensure that when the letter is sent out from each one of our groups, the messaging is consistent. Please submit any comments, quotes, or any other feedback<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kDkG0we3rC8-TsH-rKY-E63oTHEA5RkPxuHa6gKwj7Y/edit?tab=t.uakiducx0vc6> before Friday, June 27th. Tab 3 will be the appropriate place to provide feedback.

Please let us know if there are any questions. Thank you for your time.

Bryan Fauth, M.S.
Director of Accessibility & Student Support Services
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Email: bfauth at cascadia.edu
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