Title II

The U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, together with the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights and Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, recently issued joint guidance about the rights of public elementary and secondary students with hearing, vision or speech disabilities under Section 504 and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

A recent Ninth Circuit decision has made a distinction between a school district's provision of a "basic floor of opportunity" to students with disabilities under IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) and the satisfactory requirements of Title II of the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act).  Title II requires districts to take appropriate steps to ensure that communications with individuals with disabilities are "as effective as communications with othe