[NFBF-L] FW: [blindLaw] [Los Angeles California] Community College District Won't Take Case to Supreme Court - Inside Higher Ed - March 7, 2022

[Camille Tate]

For your information. Great news for disability rights for students. 


Sincerely, 
Camille Tate 
President, Melbourne Space Coast Chapter, National Federation of the Blind
of Florida 
2nd Vice President, National Federation of the Blind of Florida 
Phone: 321 372 4899 

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Won't Take Case to Supreme Court - Inside Higher Ed - March 7, 2022


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Community College District Won't Take Case to Supreme Court By Scott Jaschik
Inside Higher Ed March 7, 2022

The Los Angeles Community College District will not appeal a lower court's
ruling on disability services to the Supreme Court, the Los Angeles Times
reported.
A federal appeals court ruled last year that two blind students have the
right to use disparate impact theory-which requires plaintiffs only to show
that a policy has a disparate impact on them, not that it was intentional-in
a lawsuit against the district.
As the deadline approaches for an appeal of the decision to the Supreme
Court, protests have taken place in Los Angeles against that course of
action.
Instead of an appeal, the district will continue to use mediation in hopes
of resolving the suit.


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