The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced today that it filed an ADA Title I complaint with a proposed consent decree in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi against Bolivar County.
The Justice Department today announced a Project Civic Access agreement with McLennan County, TX (County), to improve access to all aspects of civic life for people with disabilities. The agreement was reached under Project Civic Access (PCA), the Department’s wide-ranging initiative to ensure that cities, towns and counties throughout the country comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
On November 4, 2015, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it filed a complaint and proposed consent decree today in the U.S. District Court for Western District of Virginia (VA) resolving allegations that Augusta County, VA discriminated on the basis of disability by failing to provide accessible polling places for people with disabilities.
On October 29, 2015 the U.S. DOJ announced that it filed a complaint and consent decree in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado against the operators of Pikes Peak Wrestling League.
The DOJ added a new webpage to ADA.gov. The page was developed to honor NDEAM and parodies resources regarding how to file a complaint related to employment discrimination as well as a variety of other links.
On September 29, 2015, the U.S. DOJ filed suit against a school district to permit a student with disabilities t attend school accompanied by a service dog unless accompanied by a separate handler provided by the student’s family.
The U.S. DOJ announced on September 28, 2015, that a PCA agreement with Galveston County, TX has been reached to improve access to all aspects of civic life for people with disabilities.
On September 8, 2015, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a settlement agreement to resolve violations of the ADA with in an Olmstead v. L.C. case that will impact more than 7,000 Oregonians with intellectional/developmental disabilities (I/DD).
On June 26, 2015, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued an update of its Enforcement Guidance on Pregnancy Discrimination and Related Issues (Guidance), along with a question and answer (FAQ) document and a fact sheet for small businesses.
The Justice Department signed a settlement agreement on June 24, 2015 with Camp Bravo, a day camp that operates in Towson, Maryland, just outside Baltimore. Under the agreement, Camp Bravo will admit the child for all future camp sessions for which she is eligible, and will pay $8,000 to the family to compensate them for Camp Bravo’s failure to admit the child in the past. The agreement also requires staff training and changes to the camp’s policies and procedures.
