NSBA Legal Clips
Archived entries for reasonable accommodation

New Jersey court finds no violation of state anti-discrimination law in district’s assignment of special education students to one school

A Bergen County Superior Court has ruled that a school district had not failed to provide disabled students receiving special education services with reasonable accommodations in violation of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination when the district assigned those students to one school, rather than assigning each to their neighborhood school.

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Pennsylvania district sued by student with nut allergy for disability harassment

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that a suit has been filed on behalf a student, identified as T.F., alleging that the Fox Chapel Area School District violated the federal Rehabilitation Act, resulting in “disability-based harassment”, by failing to adequately address T.F.’s severe allergy to tree nuts, and subjected him to ridicule by seating him alone in the cafeteria.

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Trial of teacher’s suit against California district for failure to accommodate diabetes comes to a close

The Palo Alto Daily News reports that after rejecting a negotiated settlement, the trial of Manuel Delgado’s suit of disability discrimination against Sequoia Union High School District is coming to a close.

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Federal appellate court’s ruling sustains jury verdict in favor of teacher with seasonal affective disorder claiming ADA violation

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed a Wisconsin federal district court’s decision to deny a school district’s motion for judgment as a matter of law, letting stand a jury verdict in favor of a teacher with seasonal affective disorder who claimed the school district failed to accommodate her disability in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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Former teacher with diabetes sues Florida school board

The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports that a former teacher has filed suit in federal court against the Volusia County School Board claiming that it failed to provide the necessary accommodations for him to manage his diabetes on the job.

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Parents stated valid cause of action for damages under § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act for denying their disabled children meaningful access to a public education

A U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (CA, OR, WA, AZ, MT, ID, NV, AK, HI, GU, MP) three-judge panel has ruled that the parents of two children with autism stated a valid claim for damages under§ 504 of the Rehabilitation Act against the Hawaii Department of Education (HDE) for denying their children meaningful access to the benefit of a public education.

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