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DoJ has a website with their Disability Rights cases (132) I didn't look all the way through but only a couple were K-12 and I didn't see any higher ed cases in the first 6 pages. I didn't see any cases where DoJ was a partner in a suit, these are pure DoJ actions Civil Rights Division | Disability ...

https://www.k12dive.com/news/proposed-section-504-rule-expected-august/653305/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Issue:%202023-06-21%20K-12%20Dive%20%5Bissue:51497%5D&utm_term=K-12%20Dive Proposed Section 504 rule expected in August The Education Department indicates the update will ...

OCR's Digital Accessibility Team Leaders did break that down in a presentation. I think the majority look at higher ed programs, but K-12 gets a share. They've been very clear that the selection of sites that are part of that monitoring are not selected at random. (I've been told that since back in ...

Sorry Dear Colleague letters generally are sent to all CEO/Presidents in what OCR/DOJ identify as higher ed institutions. Expect it is in your President's mailbox today. It's public information. the staring point was this: May 19, 2023 On Behalf of Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Catherine ...

Dated today https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/postsec-online-access-051923.pdf Raymond Rose Public Policy Chair, TxDLA

Making Your Digital Learning Accessible to All Students and Parents – Including Those with Disabilities* Presenters: Raymond Rose - TxDLA Public Policy Chair, Digital Accessibility Team; Dr. Judith Risch - Co-Team Leader National Digital Accessibility Team, Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department ...

While it may not be ideal, talk (have the appropriate person in the institution do this) with your local state reps about getting a grant to do just what you're proposing. While there's a political cost, that may be a better option then entering into a grant competition. I had broached that with ...

Karole: When the Center for Online Learning and Students with Disabilities did some research on VPATS (okay they were focused on K-12 and this was about 10 years ago) they found that VPATS completed by the engineering departments were the most accurate, and those completed by marketing the most inaccurate. ...

We did a test with the PPT translator before COVID, with a group of Spanish speakers. They all laughed at the translation – it was a word for word translation, and didn't make sense for the Spanish speakers. I assume it's improved, but all I can say is don't assume that the translation solves the issue ...