Meeting & Agendas

Motion to approve made by James Loomis

Seconded by Michelle Escudier

Motion to approve made by Meg Kareithi

Seconded by Sean Loraas

Sean/Emily provided updates on Field Trip and Accessibility

• No updates thus far due to scheduling conflicts

Michelle/Trent provide DE accessibility updates

• Accessibility training continues
• ALLY is continuing to be used to analyze courses
• Overall ALLY percentages of all courses in a particular semester
  • Fall 24 - 73.68% 
  • Spring 25 - 74.97%

Minutes: A general discussion was held around workgroups leading up to breakout groups

• Workgroup areas
  • Policies Procedures (including first day registration, digital accessibility, instruction/academic [textbooks and materials])
    • Members: Marcela, Sean, Clare, Trent
      • Workgroup notes: Objectives - inventory existing policies and procedures, benchmark them against standards, contact stakeholders related to said policies and procedures, bring procedures to committee for review
      • Proposed meeting frequency: every 2 weeks
  • Physical accessibility (includes field trips, and facilities accessibility)
    • Members: Meg, James, Scott/Val, Andy
      • Workgroup notes: Waiting for review for physical accessibility to be released, ADA review, long term plans. Access drop off points (especially large campuses, RRC, EVC, etc), Andy and Martin will be connected to tackle this. Wayfinding - navigational tech (Cap Metro is currently testing Navilens, which provides navigational instructions)
      • Solving wayfinding/navigation
      • Proposed meeting frequency: once a month
      • Committee member suggestions: Lisa Lopez and Isabel (Izzy) Torez (EVC)
  • Education/Training (including faculty/staff training, seizure preparedness training, mental health first aid, collaboration with other committees such as the Safety and Environmental Management Police Committee and Academic and Student Affairs Council Committee)
    • Members: Michelle, Richard, Bryan, Madiha
      • Workgroup notes:
        • Proposed meeting frequency: twice a month
        • Look within departments (DE and SAS) to help provide trainings
  • Outreach (includes working with other departments, inviting relevant guests to CAC, gathering input from Student Life, connecting with the NeuroBats of ACCess Autism, Global Accessibility Awareness Day [May])
    • Not identified as top priority at this time

• A breakout session was held (10-15 minutes) in which each workgroup collaborated on the below subgoals and questions
  • Subgoals: Review the brief topics listed as part of your Work Group; What would you like to accomplish by the end of the upcoming academic year?
  • Workgroup Meeting Frequency: We ask that each Work Group meet 1-2 times per month (outside of CAC meeting times)
    • How many meetings per month are needed to meet your work group goals?
    • How many meetings can you participate in each month?

Future CAC membership: Do you know of anyone who would be a good contributor to this workgroup for the upcoming academic year?

Andy suggests looking at the member list on the CAC website and fill positions and update accordingly. Mike Midgley will be contacted

Committee member suggestions

• Stephanie Bogdanich, sbogdani@austincc.edu
• Joey Machado, joey.machado@austincc.edu
• Virgil McCullough, virgil.mccullough@austincc.edu

Scott stepping down from CAC membership role

Membership is reviewed at the beginning of each year

Future CAC Meeting/Dates Times

• TBA - meeting dates/times for the 25/26 year has not yet been set
• College Accessibility Committee | Shared Governance 

Once the schedule for the new year has been set, we will reach out to all committee members.

Thank you for your service and continued commitment to making ACC accessible to all!