On February 20, the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released informational resources that inform students with disabilities, their families, and schools of their legal rights under Section 504. The resources describe the Section 504 protections...
On September 21, 2023, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights announced it had resolved a complaint of disability discrimination filed against the Allegheny Valley School District. Specifically, the investigation concerned (1) whether the District...
Grand River Solutions partnered with Boston University to produce a new online training about autism and providing counseling services to autistic college students. The training was designed for college sexual assault counselors who work with survivors of sexual...
On December 7, 2022 and December 16, 2022, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced separate resolution agreements with the Davis Joint Unified School District (DJUSD), California and Southeastern Cooperative Educational Programs...
Readers may recall that the May 2020 Title IX Final Rule does not include information about pregnancy or related conditions. The 2020 regulations covered a narrow set of conduct, specifically, sexual harassment and sexual and interpersonal violence. Title IX has long...
As keen readers may have noticed, the Department of Education included many references to disability throughout its 2022 proposed Title IX regulations and in the 500+ page preamble that explains why certain changes or additions are being proposed. While some of the...
