D097 HD Committee #04 Report #43

House of Deputies Committee 04 - Governance & Structure presents its Report #43 on Resolution D097 (Establish an Advisory Council on Disability and Deaf Access) and moves:

Adopt Substitute

Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring,

That the 79th General Convention reaffirm and renew its previous commitments to Resolutions 2003-D051 and 2015-D043, which require the Church to provide persons with disabilities and Deaf people with full independent accessibility to all official and ancillary events of the Church, including worship; and be it further

Resolved, That the 79th General Convention direct the Executive Council in consultation with persons with disabilities and the Deaf to review progress made toward full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and any other relevant statutes; consult with Church staff to ensure that materials, policies, and procedures for accessibility and reasonable accommodations are developed and implemented for each General Convention and ancillary Church events; and develop a means of reconciliation with people who have been excluded from Church events due to lack of accessibility or failure to provide reasonable accommodations; and be it further

Resolved, That the Executive Council include such progress in their report to the 80th General Convention on their work.