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Education Law Prof Blog
More Than Just a Pipeline?: Students, Disabilities, and Incarceration
By Derek Black
A new Hechinger Report article offers a compelling narrative and social science review of the connection between emotional-behavioral disabilities and prison. We typically call this the pipeline, which is catchy, but…
Land Use Prof Blog
Malloy on Land Use Law and Disability
Cambridge University Press has just announced the release of Robin Paul Malloy's new book, Land Use Law and Disability: Planning and Zoning for Accessible Communities (2014). In it, Robin argues…
Education Law Prof Blog
The Struggle to Educate Black Deaf Schoolchildren in Washington, D.C. by Sandra Jowers-Barber
By Derek Black
Thanks to John Brittain for allerting me to Sandra Jowers-Barber's, The Struggle to Educate Black Deaf Schoolchildren in Washington, D.C. , and the important history and decision that allowed deaf African American…
Education Law Prof Blog
Mississippi Special Needs Class Action Suit Settled; Court Orders Monitoring for Compliance
In a case that Derek previously posted about here, a federal district court has administratively closed a class-action suit filed by special-needs students against the Mississippi Department of Education. The…
Education Law Prof Blog
Mark Weber on OCR’s New Disability Bullying and Harassment Policy
By Derek Black
The guidance letter on bullying and harassment of students with disabilities that was issued this week by the Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Education is noteworthy…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
WA prison program helps inmates with intellectual disabilities learn basic skills, self-awareness
One Washington state prison has developed an innovative approach for improving services for inmates with intellectual disabilities, a population often subject to manipulation and abuse. As this local article reports: For…
Education Law Prof Blog
U.S. Department of Education Announces Guidance on Bullying of Students with Disabilities
By Derek Black
Below is OCR's dear colleague letter, released today:Dear Colleague:As part of National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month, the U.S. Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) today issued guidance to schools reminding them…
Education Law Prof Blog
Federal Court Orders Hawaii to Provide Compensatory Special Education Services After Age Eligibility Law Found to Violate the IDEA
Last month, a U.S. District Court ruled that Hawaii must provide compensatory educational services to all students with disabilities who were barred under a 2010 state law from remaining in…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
EEOC sues Papa John’s franchise for alleged violations of ADA/CRA
The Salt Lake Tribune's Tom Harvey reports the circumstances that led the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to allege the franchise violated both the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Civil Rights…
Education Law Prof Blog
California Student Sues High School for Waiving Academic Requirements After Her Brain Injury
The L.A. Times reports an interesting lawsuit in which a former student is suing her high school for passing her through to graduation after she suffered a traumatic brain injury. The…