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Cambron-McCabe, Nelda H. – 1988
Litigation of handicapped students' and employees' rights showed a significant increase in 1987. The increase can be attributed primarily to the filing of a substantial number of cases to obtain attorneys' fees following the enactment of the Handicapped Children's Protective Act in 1986. Two major issues were raised in these cases: the…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Ancillary School Services, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation
Cambron-McCabe, Nelda H. – 1987
This chapter reviews legislation and court litigation during 1986 that addressed the rights of handicapped students and employees. The most far-reaching legal activity occurred in the legislative arena, with the passage in 1986 of the Education of the Handicapped Act (EHA) mandating that services must be available for handicapped children between…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Disabilities
Direct linkSimon, Jo Anne, Comp. – PEPNet-Northeast, 1999
When Congress passed the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, it included Section 504 which forbade discrimination against persons with disabilities by programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance, which included virtually every institution of higher education, except the U.S. military academies and a few small religious schools. This was…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Legislation, Disabilities
Download full textNational Council on Disability, Washington, DC. – 2002
This report (written in Spanish) of the National Council on Disability (NCD) describes the nation's progress in advancing public policies to increase the inclusion, empowerment, and independence of people with disabilities in light of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. The report covers December 2000 through December 2001. It reviews…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adults, Assistive Technology, Civil Rights
Reschly, Daniel J. – 1997
This monograph addresses issues concerned with the disproportionate representation of minority students, especially black students, in special education programs. It reviews the nondiscrimination legal requirements and protections as well as litigation in the federal courts. After a "warm-up exercise" in the form of a pre-test, an…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Black Students, Civil Rights, Court Litigation
Osborne, Allan G., Jr. – 1991
Litigation of handicapped students' and employees' rights continued at a significant level in 1990. Much of the litigation concerned the provision of an appropriate special education placement, due process rights, and recovery of attorney fees by prevailing parents under the Handicapped Children's Protection Act of 1986. Cases are summarized under…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Ancillary School Services, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation
