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Special Education's Lessons For School Funding Litigation, Spencer C. Weiler, Scott R. Bauries
Special Education's Lessons For School Funding Litigation, Spencer C. Weiler, Scott R. Bauries
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
In this Article, we make the case that the currently dominant approaches to challenging the constitutionality of a state’s funding efforts have proven ineffective. Instead, future lawsuits designed to bring about lasting funding reform should be informed by the successes within the field of special education by asking courts to examine individual-rights claims based on one student, or several similarly-situated individual students, petitioning the court for relief tailored to that student or class. Such an approach to school finance litigation could result in a decision that limits relief to just one application of the entire funding formula, and the remedy …
An Assessment Of Disability Access At The University Of Kentucky, Megan S. Coffinbargar
An Assessment Of Disability Access At The University Of Kentucky, Megan S. Coffinbargar
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This study assesses the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) compliance at the University of Kentucky. Twenty buildings frequently used by undergraduates at the University of Kentucky were evaluated using the ADA Checklist for Existing Facilities focusing on Title III, Public Accommodations, and Priority Two, Access to Goods and Services. Data was collected over two weeks (July 20, 2017-August 3, 2017) and then evaluated using descriptive analysis. Data was analyzed looking across checklist items, buildings, checklist categories, and construction dates. Looking across checklist items, compliance ranged from 12-20 buildings out of 20 possible with 18.485 buildings as the average. …
Constitutional Protection For Conversations Between Therapists And Clients, Paul E. Salamanca
Constitutional Protection For Conversations Between Therapists And Clients, Paul E. Salamanca
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
People have long perceived a connection between mental and even physical illness and physical anguish. Yet, modern culture tends to view both types of illness from an increasingly medical perspective, seeking a genetic or environmental explanation. In most cases, this “medical model” is probably the best approach, even if it is imperfect. First, the purely medical explanation may be accurate. Second, even if it is not accurate, treating the symptoms of a disease with a spiritual source is probably easier than treating the source itself. Ultimately, however, we must take note that disease is often not the result of genetics …