CASE NAME: Letter re: Platte County School District, No. 08-22-1389 (OCR 09/03/25).
CASE NAME: Letter re: Platte County School District, No. 08-22-1389 (OCR 09/03/25).
A new study from the University of New Hampshire reveals that college students with disabilities face disproportionately high rates of food insecurity. Published in the Disability and Health Journal, the study was led by nutrition scientist Grace Stott, with coauthors Amy Taetzsch, a clinical assistant professor in agriculture, nutrition, and food systems at UNH, and Jesse Stabile Morrell, principal lecturer and researcher at the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station. The study purports to be the first to examine food security among college students with a disability.
CASE NAME: Dickerson v. New Jersey Institute of Technology, et al., No. 19-8344 (D. N.J. 07/29/25).
CASE NAME: Letter re: Bunker Hill Community College, No. 01-24-2096 (OCR 01/13/25).
Earlier this year, three current students and three former students of Bryn Mawr College filed a lawsuit challenging the college's disability accommodation policies (see De Camara v. Bryn Mawr College, No. 25-2287, slip op. (E.D. Pa. 09/26/25)). Suing under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the plaintiffs sought a court order (i.e., injunctive relief) requiring the college to change several practices and policies related to its accommodation policies and disability services.
CASE NAME: Letter re: Muhlenberg College, No. 03-23-2053 (OCR 01/17/25).
CASE NAME: Campbell v. Drexel University, et al., No. 24-192 (E.D. Pa. 06/03/25).
CASE NAME: Letter re: Fountain-Fort Carson School District, No. 08-25-1402 (OCR 07/16/25).
Colleges and universities that receive federal financial assistance must comply with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act that prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance (see 29 U.S.C. 794). But in addition to federal funding, postsecondary education institutions that have contracts with the federal government must comply with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. 793). Sections 504 and 503 contain many similarities, but there are some distinct differences. Additionally, the Department of Labor now seeks to amend its Section 503 regulations, all of which should be important to institutions that have federal contracts.
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