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Download full textJacqueline M. Nowicki – US Government Accountability Office, 2024
The Departments of Education and Justice are responsible for enforcing certain federal civil rights laws that prohibit discrimination in K-12 schools based on characteristics such as race, sex, and disability, including regarding police interactions with students. The House committee report for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Discrimination, Gender Discrimination, Racial Discrimination
Reynolds, Wm. Bradford – 1984
H.R. 5490 (98th Congress, Second Session) has been offered as an answer to the Supreme Court's ruling in "Grove City College v. Bell" (1984) that Title IX's sex discrimination prohibitions are program-specific, not institution-specific. It would also amend three other statutes prohibiting discrimination in Federally funded programs on…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Block Grants, Civil Rights Legislation, Disability Discrimination
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1991
This hearing transcript presents testimony, a prepared statement, and supplemental materials provided by Evan J. Kemp, Jr., Chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC), specifically related to implementation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The hearing deals with EEOC enforcement strategies for implementing Title…
Descriptors: Civil Rights Legislation, Disabilities, Disability Discrimination, Employment Opportunities
Office for Civil Rights (ED), Washington, DC. – 1991
This pamphlet discusses Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of physical or mental handicap by any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. The regulation applies to all recipients of Department of Education funding, with the focus of this pamphlet including colleges,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Civil Rights Legislation, Colleges
Office for Civil Rights (ED), Washington, DC. – 1991
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR), Department of Education, prepared this brochure for the general public and for education agencies and institutions that have programs or activities that receive Federal financial assistance. The brochure summarizes the requirements pertaining to employment practices contained in Title VI of the Civil Rights Act…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Civil Rights Legislation, Compliance (Legal), Disability Discrimination
Commission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC. – 1983
The monograph addresses legal issues involving discrimination against handicapped persons and the key legal requirement of reasonable accommodation. Four chapters in Part I examine background issues, including definitions and statistical overviews of handicaps; historical attitudes toward handicapped persons and an analysis of the extent of…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Civil Rights Legislation, Court Litigation, Definitions
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1987
This hearing was held to receive testimony on private-sector employment discrimination against individuals with cancer and individuals with handicaps. The testimony related to two bills: H.R. 1546, to prohibit discrimination against cancer patients, and H.R. 192, to prohibit employment discrimination against individuals with a disability or a…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Cancer, Civil Rights Legislation, Disabilities
McCarthy, Martha M. – 1983
An overview is presented of litigation in which courts have interpreted educational employees' rights to nondiscriminatory treatment and employers' obligations to ensure equal employment opportunities. Because of the range, volume, and complexity of the litigation in this area, the intent is to identify applicable legal principles rather than to…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Legislation, Court Litigation
ERIC Clearinghouse on Handicapped and Gifted Children, Reston, VA. ERIC/OSEP Special Project. – 1992
This paper describes the content of two major laws affecting special education, identifies the agencies charged with their implementation, and provides a list of resources that address specific questions about these laws and their application in special education. The first law, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, prohibits…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adult Education, Civil Rights Legislation, Disabilities
Thayer, Donald, Ed. – 1989
This report describes fiscal year 1989 activities of the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) and other federal agencies in meeting the legislative mandates of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The first section of the report covers general provisions relating to the Office of the Commissioner, "American Rehabilitation" (RSA's…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Agency Cooperation, Civil Rights Legislation, Compliance (Legal)
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1988
Since 1981, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the United States Department of Education has been accused of failing to enforce the civil rights laws according to its mandate. OCR is responsible for enforcing Federal laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, sex, national origin, handicap, or age in educational programs or activities…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Agency Role, Civil Rights Legislation, Disability Discrimination
