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Gov Con Employment Exchange
More Educational Opportunities about the OFCCP’s New Veterans and Disability Regulations
Over the past few weeks, we provided our initial assessment of the OFCCP's new disability and veterans regulations. We also held our first in a series of complimentary webinars to…
Sentencing Law and Policy
California killer claiming autism supportsAtkinsclaim to preclude execution
Main September 9, 2013California killer claiming autism supports Atkins claim to preclude executionThis article from San Jose Mercury News reports on a notable effort by a killer on death row…
Employment Discrimination Report
EEOC’s “Fish In A Barrel Shoot” Ends The Summer
Chalk up another direct hit for the EEOC – one more ADA lawsuit filed against a health care provider. Feel free to go back to our numerous posts about health care…
Education Law Prof Blog
Washington School District Must Pay Private Education Costs for Deaf Student
A state court has ruled that the Grandview, WA school district violated federal law when it failed to provide an appropriate education for a deaf student. Last Friday, Yakima County…
Education Law Prof Blog
Mark Weber on Ninth Circuit Decision Addressing Special Education for 20 and 21 year olds
By Derek Black
A panel of the Ninth Circuit ruled on August 28 that Hawaiiviolated the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act by eliminating specialeducation eligibility for 20 and 21 year olds when general…
Education Law Prof Blog
Ninth Circuit Rules that Hawaii Must Provide Special Education Services Up to Age 22
Earlier this summer, we covered three cases before the 9th Circuit that would decideif a Hawaii law ending special education services for students at age 20violated federal disability laws, when general education…
Gov Con Employment Exchange
OFCCP Hosts Webinars to Introduce New Regulations
We just finished hearing from OFCCP in the second of two webinars on the Agency's newly released Veterans and Disability regulations. In both presentations OFCCP walked through a general background of the…
Education Law Prof Blog
DOE Proposes New Regs to Drop 2% Rule for Assessments for Students with Disabilities
The U.S. Department of Education proposed new regulations on Friday to transition away from the existing "2 percent rule" that allows states to count as proficient scores for up to…
Gov Con Employment Exchange
BREAKING NEWS: OFCCP Releases New Veterans and Disability Regulations
The wait is finally over - OFCCP has released the long-awaited Veterans and Disability Regulations. The regulations have not yet been published in the Federal Register but soon will be and will…
Education Law Prof Blog
DOE Guidance Letter: Schools’ Failure to Protect Students with Disabilities from Bullying Violates IDEA
The Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services sent a guidance letter to schools yesterday reminding them of their obligation toprevent and address bullying of students with disabilities. The…