Section 504 Of The 1973 Rehabilitation Act

2000e 5 f through k shall be available with respect to any complaint under section 791 of this title to any.

Section 504 of the 1973 rehabilitation act. It prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in programs that receive federal financial assistance and set the stage for enactment of the americans with disabilities act. Section 504 of the rehabilitation act of 1973 is a national law that protects qualified individuals from discrimination based on their disability. The rehabilitation act of 1973 replaces preexisting laws collectively referred to as the vocational rehabilitation act to extend and revise the authorization of grants to states for.

Section 504 of the 1973 rehabilitation act was the first disability civil rights law to be enacted in the united states. 355 enacted september 26 1973 is a federal law codified as 29 u s c. This law applies to public elementary and secondary schools among other entities.

701 et seq. Section 504 is the part of that law that gives your child important rights in public and private schools. Section 504 brought the language of the civil rights act of 1964 to the rehabilitation act of 1973.

The rehabilitation act of 1973 was the country s first civil rights law for people with disabilities. 5 shall apply to claims of discrimination in compensation brought under sections 501 and 504 of the rehabilitation act of 1973 29 u s c. The remedies procedures and rights set forth in section 717 of the civil rights act of 1964 42 u s c.

Section 504 of the rehabilitation act of 1973 prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in programs and activities conducted by hud or that receive financial assistance from hud. Section 504 provides rights to persons with disabilities in hud funded programs and activities. 791 794 pursuant to.

17 18 as a law that fell within the office of health education and welfare this was an unlikely place for a social justice provision yet inserting such a rights clause happened without fanfare. B rehabilitation act of 1973 the amendments made by section 3 lilly ledbetter fair pay act of 2009 pl 111 2 123 stat. 2000e 16 including the application of sections 706 f through 706 k 42 u s c.