1. Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination
on the basis of race, color, or national origin in programs
and activities that receive federal financial assistance.
This law is enforced by the Civil Rights Center.
a. Title VI -- http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/cor/coord/titlevi.htm
2. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination
in hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job
training, classification, referral, and other aspects of employment,
on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin.
This law is enforced by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
(EEOC).
a. Title VII -- http://www.dol.gov/oasam/regs/statutes/2000e-16.htm
3. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibits
discrimination on the basis of sex in educational programs
and activities that receive federal financial assistance.
This law is enforced by the Civil Rights Center.
a. Title IX -- http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/cor/coord/titleix.htm
4. Enforcement of constitutional laws and civil rights.
a. Civil Rights Acts 42 U.S.C 1981 through 1988 -- http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode42/usc_sec_42_00001981----000-.html
5. The Age Discrimination Act of 1975 prohibits discrimination
on the basis of age in programs and activities receiving federal
financial assistance. The Act, which applies to all ages,
permits the use of certain age distinctions and factors other
than age that meet the Act's requirements. The Age Discrimination
Act is enforced by the Civil Rights Center.
a. Age Discrimination http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/discrimination/agedisc.htm
6. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits discrimination
against people with disabilities in employment, transportation,
public accommodation, communications, and governmental activities.
The ADA also establishes requirements for telecommunications
relay services.
a. Americans with Disabilities Act --- http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/disability/ADA.htm
7. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is a national
law that protects qualified individuals from discrimination
based on their disability. The nondiscrimination requirements
of the law apply to employers and organizations that receive
financial assistance from any Federal department or agency,
including the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
a. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act -- http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/504.html
8. The Pregnancy Discrimination Act is an amendment to Title
VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Under the PDA, it is
against the law for an employer to discriminate against an
employee based on pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical
conditions. This means that the employer must treat pregnant
women and those who have recently given birth the same way
they treat other applicants or employees with similar abilities
or limitations.
a. Pregnancy Discrimination Act 42 U.S.C 2000e(k) --- http://straylight.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode42/usc_sec_42_00002000---e000-.html
9. The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provides certain
employees with up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave
per year. It also requires that their group health benefits
be maintained during the leave.
a. Family and Medical Leave Act -- http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/benefits-leave/fmla.htm
10. The Uniform Service Employment and Reemployment Act was
passed to encourage noncareer service in the uniformed services
by eliminating the disadvantages to civilian careers and reemployment
which can result from such.
a. EURESSA Statute -- http://www.dol.gov/dol/compliance/comp-userra.htm
11. The Department of Labor enforces the Fair Labor Standards
Act (FLSA), which sets basic minimum wage and overtime pay
standards. These standards are enforced by the Department's
Wage and Hour Division, a program of the Employment Standards
Administration.
a. Fair Labor Standards Act -- http://www.dol.gov/dol/compliance/comp-flsa.htm
12. The Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988 requires some Federal
contractors and all Federal grantees to agree that they will
provide drug-free workplaces as a condition of receiving a
contract or grant from a Federal agency.
a. Drug Free Workplace Act -- http://said.dol.gov/SummaryDocument.asp?ID=583
13. The Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act (SDFSCA)
is administered by the Nebraska Department of Education (NDE).
The No Child Left Behind, Title IV A formula grant program
gives local educational agencies the option to establish,
operate and improve local programs for school drug and violence
prevention.
a. Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities Act http://www.ed.gov/programs/dvpformula/guidance.doc
NE homepage for ACT -- http://www.nde.state.ne.us/SDFS/index.html
14. No Child Left Behind Requires states to establish proficiency
levels in math, reading/language arts and ultimately in science
- and further requires 100% of the students to meet or exceed
these proficiency levels by 2014.
a. NCLB-http://nsba.org/site/page_nestedcats.asp?TRACKID=&VID=66&CID=1164&DID=31594
15. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
is a federal law mandating that all children with disabilities
have available to them a free, appropriate public education
that emphasizes special education and related services designed
to meet their unique needs and prepare them for employment
and independent living (P.L. 105-17, 1997). It provides funds
to assist states in the education of students with disabilities
and requires that states ensure the rights of children with
disabilities and their parents are protected. IDEA also assists
states in providing early intervention services for infants
and toddlers with disabilities and their families.
a. Idividuals with Disabilities Act – Public Law Section
-- http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:h.1350.enr:
16. Congress enacted the Equal Access Act to cure pervasive
antireligious bigotry exhibited by public secondary school
officials in the aftermath of the Supreme Court's school prayer
cases. Three factors determine whether the Equal Access Act
compels official recognition of a Bible club by school officials:
1) does the school receive federal funds; 2) is the school
a public secondary school; and 3) does the school allow any
noncurriculum clubs to meet on campus?
a. Equal Access Act http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode20/usc_sec_20_00004071----000-.html
17. The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
(20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99) is a Federal law
that protects the privacy of student education records. The
law applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable
program of the U.S. Department of Education. FERPA gives parents
certain rights with respect to their children's education
records.
a. Family Educational Rights and Privacy -- http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode20/usc_sec_20_00001232---g000-.html
18. The Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act was passed to
direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
to establish a program to assist States and local educational
agencies to ascertain the extent of the danger to the health
of school children and employees from asbestos materials in
school.
a. Toxic Substances Control Act -- http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode15/usc_sec_15_00002601----000-.html
b. Emergency Act -- http://www.epa.gov/asbestos/2003pt763.pdf
19. The copyright laws were passed in order to promote the
progress of the arts and
protect the work of authors.
a. Copyright Law -- http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode17/usc_sec_17_00000101----000-.htm
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