Resolved, that ASDA’s Current Statements of Position or Policy ‘E-3 School Closings (1985, revised 1989, 1990, 1991, 1998, 1999)’ be amended to read as follows:

E-3 School Closings (1985, revised 1989, 1990, 1991, 1998, 1999)

In the event of the closing of a dental school or postdoctoral dental training program, students and residents must be provided a proper and humane transition with a specific phase-out action to protect their rights. ASDA's position is that it is the responsibility of the school or program to protect its students and residents in the following ways:

1. Assurances that the same standards of high quality education under which students or residents were accepted will be maintained.
2. Assurances that the school or program will continue to meet accreditation standards as set by the Commission on Dental Accreditation.
3. Assurances that all reimbursements will be made by the dental school for any classes, supplies and materials paid for and not provided to the student.
4. The ASDA President will contact the school's Dean or program director to obtain his personal assurance that a phase-out committee will be established immediately to enforce the phase-out plan. In the case of a dental school, this committee will be composed of student, faculty, and administration representatives.
5. Assistance in transfers/relocation.
6. Advice and support in seeking legal counsel.
7. The immediate disclosure of pertinent closing information to the students or residents as it becomes available.
8. In the case of a dental school, avoid at all cost attempts to place fourth year students due to differences in dental school curricula and the inevitable compromise in the students' dental education.