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Colleges and universities cannot contract away ADA /504 obligations
Author(s) -
Charmatz Marc
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
campus legal advisor
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-6239
pISSN - 1531-3999
DOI - 10.1002/cala.40474
Subject(s) - non profit , for profit , variety (cybernetics) , profit (economics) , business , public relations , law , political science , finance , economics , business administration , artificial intelligence , computer science , microeconomics
Colleges and universities have relied on adjunct professors to teach classes. But now, according to a recent article by Jon Marcus in the Washington Post (“More colleges and universities outsources services to for‐profit companies,” Jan. 8, 2021), nonprofit postsecondary institutions are turning to private, for‐profit companies for a variety of educational and noneducational services. But schools need to be aware that they cannot contract away the legal rights of students with disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.

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