Under Federal law, State and local educational agencies (hereinafter "districts") are required to provide all children with equal access to public education at the elementary and secondary level. Thie Dear Colleague letter was written to remind school districts of the Federal obligation to provide equal educational opportunities to all…

Although the overall number of youth involved in the juvenile justice system has been decreasing, there are still more than 60,000 young people in juvenile justice residential facilities in the United States on any given day. With the support of grants administered by the U.S. Department of Education (ED) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ),…

Major events leading to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 are reviewed along with laws and administrative actions dealing with job discrimination, legal developments of the first decade under Title VII, and Supreme Court cases on equal employment. Available from: Howard University School of Law, 2935 Upton St., Washington, D.C. 20008. (LBH)

The history and purpose of the deferral requirements of the equal employment provisions of the 1964 Civil Rights Act are traced. The problems they have created are discussed and some possible solutions are suggested. Available from: the University of Baltimore School of Law, 1420 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Md. 21201. (LBH)

Section 1985(3) is shown to be an alternative to Title VII. Inadequacies of and alternatives to Title VII are noted and questions are raised concerning section 1985(3)'s application to private sex-based discrimination, the single entity rule, and whether sex discrimination is sufficiently class-based to activate section 1985(3). (AF)

The Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education is seen as the beginning of America's second reconstruction. Its influence on other minority groups and on other areas of discrimination is reviewed. For journal availability see HE 509 229. (Author/LBH)

Issues in black higher education are examined from both educational and legal standpoints. It is noted that ambivalence toward the black public college has confounded the definition and implementation of desegregation, and that efforts to desegregate public higher education have historically reflected two concerns: the need to overturn legally…

This unit, one in a series of packets of teacher and student materials for cooperative occupational education (COE) designed for special needs students, presents students with a brief introduction to federal laws that protect workers' rights. Emphasis is placed on the Fair Labor Standards Act, the National Labor Relations Act, and the Civil Rights…