Settlement Agreement Between the United States of America, Louisiana Tech University, and the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System Under the Americans with Disabilities Act

BACKGROUND

1. The parties to this Settlement Agreement (“Agreement”) are the United States of America, Louisiana Tech University (“the University”), and the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System (“the Board”).

2. Louisiana Tech University is a public, four-year selective admissions research university that awards bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees. The University is part of the University of Louisiana System and is governed by the Board pursuant to Louisiana constitutional and statutory authority.

3. This matter is based upon a complaint filed with the United States Department of Justice (“Department”) by a University student who is blind (“Complainant”), who alleged that he was unable to participate in a University course based on the professor’s adoption of an internet-based application (used for numerous aspects of coursework) that was inaccessible to him.

4. The parties agree that it is in the parties’ best interests, and the United States believes that it is in the public interest, to resolve this dispute amicably and without litigation. The parties have therefore voluntarily entered into this Agreement, agreeing as follows: