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A New Look At Section 504 And The Ada In Special Education Cases, Mark C. Weber
A New Look At Section 504 And The Ada In Special Education Cases, Mark C. Weber
Mark C. Weber
School districts are finding fewer children eligible for services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). At the same time Congress has expanded the number of children who are protected by section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). These developments present the largely unexplored question of what obligations school districts owe children who have disabilities and are protected under section 504 and the ADA, but who are not eligible for services under IDEA. This article concludes that these children must be provided an education that meets their needs as adequately …
Just Kids: Baltimore’S Youth In The Adult Criminal Justice System, Wendy Hess
Just Kids: Baltimore’S Youth In The Adult Criminal Justice System, Wendy Hess
Wendy Hess
Maryland’s 20 year experiment with the “tough on crime” approach of automatically sending youth into adult criminal courts, jails and prisons for certain offenses has failed. National studies show that youth who are sent to adult facilities go on to commit more—and more violent—crimes than those who received rehabilitative services in the juvenile system. This costs taxpayers much more in the long run. Automatically charging youth as adults has been politically popular. But the data shows that when their cases are individually considered, most cases in Baltimore are dismissed or sent back to the juvenile system, raising the question of …