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Download full textCouncil of Administrators of Special Education, Inc. – 1999
Designed for educators, this guide provides an overview of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, compares and contrasts Section 504 with the requirements of the federal special education statute of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act, and discusses how powerful Section 504 is as a…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Civil Rights Legislation, Disabilities, Disability Discrimination
Peer reviewedHuefner, Dixie Snow – West's Education Law Reporter, 1990
"Special Education Law," by Laura F. Rothstein, is organized into three major segments: (1) conceptual background material about the history of special education law; (2) analysis of issues in identification, evaluation, programing, placement, provision of related services, and due process protection; and (3) more esoteric legal matters.…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Disabilities, Disability Discrimination
Office for Civil Rights (ED), Washington, DC. – 1991
This pamphlet describes the requirements of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, with respect to elementary and secondary school policies involving the placement of children with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). It explains the policy of the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights concerning how…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Civil Rights, Compliance (Legal), Disability Discrimination
Office for Civil Rights (ED), Washington, DC. – 1991
This pamphlet summarizes the responsibilities of school officials under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 in administering nondiscriminatory disciplinary sanctions in the form of long-term suspension or expulsion of students with disabilities. It also summarizes the rights of disabled students and their parents or guardians in…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Civil Rights, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities
Frels, Kelly, Ed.; Horner, Jeff, Ed.; Camp, Bill, Ed.; Robinson, Vianei Lopez, Ed. – 1996
Intended as a practical legal guide for Texas educators and lawyers, this book contains three major sections dealing with several chapters on various school law topics, each prepared by Texas attorneys. Section 1, "School Boards and Superintendents," includes chapters on school board members authority and relationship with staff, the…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Constitutional Law, Copyrights, Court Litigation
Peer reviewedJones, Nancy Lee – Journal of Law and Education, 1986
Briefly examines the history and current medical knowledge of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Describes general requirements of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EACHA) and how they are applied to the AIDS situation. Suggests that admission of AIDS students to schools be allowed on a case-by-case basis. (IW)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Communicable Diseases, Disability Discrimination, Disease Control
Council of Administrators of Special Education, Inc. – 1992
This collection of information pieces is intended to help school personnel make better decisions regarding compliance with, first, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 which prohibits discrimination against persons with disabilities and, second, with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). It is stressed that some students…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Civil Rights Legislation, Compliance (Legal), Decision Making
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
