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Download full textLhamon, Catherine E.; Rosenfelt, Philip H.; Samuels, Jocelyn – US Department of Justice, 2014
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…
Descriptors: Enrollment, School Districts, Children, Access to Education
Peer reviewedWalter, Gail A. – Journal of Education Finance, 1982
Discusses the U.S. Supreme Court decision in "Halderman v. Pennhurst State School and Hospital," involving the rights of and treatment provided for residents in a Pennsylvania institution for the severely retarded, under the federal Rehabilitation Act, the Developmentally Disabled Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, and a state law. (RW)
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Federal Aid, Federal Courts
Peer reviewedBrammer, Florence I. – University of Cincinnati Law Review, 1979
The sex discrimination case of Geraldine Cannon in applying to medical schools is reviewed and related; earlier cases are examined. The standards set by the courts in these cases are discussed, and the roles of federal agencies and the courts are examined. (MSE)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Agency Role, Civil Rights, Court Litigation
Venditti, Frederick P. – Tennessee Education, 1982
Until recently the federal courts (Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka) and Congressional action (Civil Rights Act of 1964, Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972) have spurred efforts to bring race and sex equity to the schools. (LC)
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Colleges, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education
