C. Disability Under the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA)


		C. Disability Under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ( ADA )

42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq.

The ADA also protects qualified persons with disabilities, but reaches beyond entities that receive federal funding.

Chapman, supra note 18 at 84-85.

Title II of the ADA prohibits discrimination in access to governmental services, and, therefore, covers school districts and school boards. Title III of the ADA applies to privately operated public accommodations, such as private schools.

Id. at 85-86.

However, rights under the ADA are not as extensive as those under IDEA.

Sue Burrell and Loren Warboys, Special Education and the Juvenile Justice System, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Juvenile Justice Bulletin July 2000, at 2.

Complaints under the ADA also are filed with the Office of Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education.