Source: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/investigations/02105001-a.html
Timestamp: 2018-02-23 12:27:03
Document Index: 45140716

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 2000', 'art 100', '§ 794', 'art 104', '§ 12131', 'art 35']

Schenectady City School District (NY)
Laurence T. Spring
Re: Case No. 02-10-5001
Dear Superintendent Spring:
This is to advise you of the resolution of the above-referenced compliance review that was initiated by the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (OCR), on March 23, 2010. The compliance review assessed whether the Schenectady City School District (District) discriminated against black and Hispanic students, on the bases of race, national origin or disability, in the pre-referral and referral of these students for special education evaluation.
OCR initiated this review under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI), 42 U.S.C. § 2000d et seq., and its implementing regulation at 34 C.F.R. Part 100, which prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin in programs and activities receiving financial assistance from the U.S. Department of Education (the Department); Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504), as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 794, and its implementing regulation at 34 C.F.R. Part 104, which prohibit discrimination on the basis of disability in programs or activities receiving financial assistance from the Department; and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), 42 U.S.C. § 12131 et seq., and its implementing regulation at 28 C.F.R. Part 35, which prohibit discrimination on the basis of disability by certain public entities. As a recipient of financial assistance from the Department and a public entity, the District is subject to Title VI, Section 504, and Title II. Where, as in this case, Title II does not offer greater protection than Section 504, OCR applies Section 504 standards.
Prior to the conclusion of OCR’s investigation, the District expressed an interest in voluntarily resolving this case and entered into an agreement that commits the District to specific actions to address the issue under review. This letter summarizes the applicable legal standards, the information gathered during the review, and how the review was resolved.