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Education Law Prof Blog
U.S. Department of Justice Push to Prevent Segregation of Students with Disabilities
By Derek Black
For those that missed it, Ed Week had an interesting story on DOJ's efforts since 2009 to see that students with disabilities are included in classrooms with their non-disabled peers as …
PropertyProf Blog
Getting Dogs Into a No-Pet Apartment
By propertyprof
The N.Y. Times looks that the increasing number of renters who claim to have a disability in order to skirt no-pet rules in apartment buildings:Most people know that federal, state…
PropertyProf Blog
Housing for the Mentally Ill
By propertyprof
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette looks at some of the housing challenges facing the mentally ill, many of whom have criminal records:For many people with serious mental illness, the specter of homelessness…
Education Law Prof Blog
Deaf Medical Student Wins Disability Lawsuit but Federal Jury Awards No Damages
Michael Argenyi, a deaf medical student, won a federaltrial this month when the jury found that Creighton Universityfailed to provide special equipment and interpreters forhis education. Although the jury found…
Education Law Prof Blog
40th Anniversary of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
By Derek Black
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, a statute thatrequires accomodations and education plans for students with disabilitiesacross the nation, turns 40 years old next week. The Department of Education is…
Illinois Workers Compensation Law Blog
Illinois workers’ compensation basics, part 3
By Mike Helfand
While our posts are normally plain spoken and easy to understand, our last two posts and this one have been a general overview of the law. It’s basically a starting…
Education Law Prof Blog
Illinois Proposal to Eliminate Caps on Special Education Class Sizes ‘Dead’—For Now
The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) removed aproposal from its agenda yesterday that would have eliminated all state ruleson special education class size. The ISBE move is not unusual,…
Education Law Prof Blog
Rob Garda on Third Circuit’s Recent Disability Misidentification Case
By Derek Black
Rob Garda offers the following:The Third Circuit recently held that a student who is not aneligible “child with a disability” cannot seek redress under the IDEA formisplacement in special education. …
Employment Discrimination Report
“Urine — Or Ur-Out!”*
[*Thanks to Debra Healy, a Conflict Consultant/Mediator in Portland, Oregon, who, while pointing out that she had trouble linking in to our post of yesterday, "No Urine, No Job! --…
Education Law Prof Blog
Pew Center Report: Sequester Hits Special Education Like a “Ton of Bricks”
Graphic: New America FoundationThe Pew Center reported this week on the effects of sequestration on funding of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Under the sequester, federal funds for…