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Peer reviewedMcCarthy, Martha M. – Harvard Educational Review, 1983
The author considers the legality of minimum competency testing diploma requirements applied to the handicapped in light of (1) their constitutional and statutory rights to nondiscriminatory treatment, (2) their statutory right to an appropriate education, and (3) their constitutional right to substantive and procedural due process. (Author/SSH)
Descriptors: Civil Rights Legislation, Constitutional Law, Disabilities, Disability Discrimination
PDF pending restorationMcCarthy, Martha M. – 1983
This monograph reviews the current status of constitutional, statutory, and case law governing public employers' obligations to assure equal employment opportunities and employees' rights to nondiscriminatory treatment. An initial overview of the legal framework discusses federal equal protection mandates including the guarantee of equal…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Legislation, Court Litigation
