Enrollment Information

GIC complies with all Georgia State Board of Cosmetology requirements. Therefore, enrolled students must be at least 17 years of age with written consent of a legal parent or guardian and able to provide proof of having completed high school diploma or GED. GIC no longer accepts ATB test.

Applicants must complete all enrollment documents one week prior to their start date and pay the $100 enrollment fee. It is the Institute’s up-most goal to be able to assist each applicant who desires to succeed in the field of cosmetology with the knowledge and skills to be a credit to the profession. In doing so, GIC strives for the highest standards of education, requiring that all students of the Institute maintain a “C” or above average and acceptable attendance throughout their training.

Disability Policy

GIC strives to help every student, regardless of disability or individual challenge, to succeed. Any student who has a learning or other special need must ask his or her doctor to fill out a specific form which is available from the branch administrator or admissions director upon request. This form gives the doctor a place to specify any disabilities and/or challenges that the student faces, which in turn assist GIC in outlining a plan for helping the student, succeed. It should be noted, however, that because of the physical nature of the cosmetology business, only reasonable accommodations can be made.

Georgia Institute of Cosmetology cannot accept IEPs or 504 Plans from high school to support the provision of academic adjustments.

To enroll in Disability Services, students or applicants should complete a Disability Services enrollment form and provide documentation from a qualifying professional. The enrollment form and more specific information about request for accommodations may be found in the campus directors’ office. Please contact your campus Director for the forms needed. See below for a list of campus directors.

• Athens Main Campus – Kathy Kean
• Buford Branch Campus – Sheila Franklin
• Martinez Branch Campus – Shante Lewis
• Gainesville Branch  Campus – Christy Strickland

As a GIC student, it is your responsibility to:

• Identify yourself to the Directors Office as a person with a disability
• Provide required documentation prior to starting school to the campus Director
• If those academic adjustments and/or auxiliary aids to which you are entitled are not being provided to your satisfaction. Please report to the campus Director.

The campus Director and trained staff will access the documentation to determine how accommodations are made to meet the student’s needs.

Classroom Accommodations

Classroom accommodations are provided based on the recommendations of the student’s qualifying professional and GIC trained staff. These may include any of the following, but not limited to

• Extended time on exams and quizzes (including final exams)
• Testing room with minimal distractions
• Magnification or large print test
• Reader
• Note Taker
• And others, as assigned by a professional

Appeal process

If the accommodations is not effective or accommodations have been denied. The student may appeal in the following manner.

• Notify your campus director in writing that you wish to appeal
• Provide campus director with specific reasoning as to how GIC failed to meet or accommodate your needs.
• If your needs have not been meet. Please contact Tracy Behrndt the Executive Director at 706-549-6400 X 25.

GIC trained staff will evaluate the documentation to determine how GIC failed to provide the proper accommodations or implement what is required.

The student will be notified in writing within ten days on the accommodations made.

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