Post by Logan on Jul 5, 2016 23:04:17 GMT -6
Ron Johnson seeks to block DOJ from enforcing part of disabilities act in voucher schools
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson is seeking to prohibit Department of Justice officials from enforcing parts of the Americans with Disabilities Act at private voucher schools.
The amendment, which Johnson submitted to be included in the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriation Act that has yet to pass, prohibits DOJ from enforcing provisions of the ADA that ensure equal access to public education.
Johnson’s amendment says the provisions that protect students with disabilities from discrimination cannot be enforced in private voucher schools because the schools are not public, despite receiving public money in the form of a school voucher.
A spokeswoman for Johnson’s Senate office said the amendment is meant to protect voucher schools from a “hostile” attitude the Obama administration and other Democratic lawmakers have toward voucher programs and comes months after the Obama administration closed a probe into the Milwaukee voucher system after a lawsuit alleging discrimination against students with disabilities.
Read more: host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/ron-johnson-seeks-to-block-doj-from-enforcing-part-of/article_a945c44d-43fc-57d4-923e-22256a248429.html
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson is seeking to prohibit Department of Justice officials from enforcing parts of the Americans with Disabilities Act at private voucher schools.
The amendment, which Johnson submitted to be included in the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriation Act that has yet to pass, prohibits DOJ from enforcing provisions of the ADA that ensure equal access to public education.
Johnson’s amendment says the provisions that protect students with disabilities from discrimination cannot be enforced in private voucher schools because the schools are not public, despite receiving public money in the form of a school voucher.
A spokeswoman for Johnson’s Senate office said the amendment is meant to protect voucher schools from a “hostile” attitude the Obama administration and other Democratic lawmakers have toward voucher programs and comes months after the Obama administration closed a probe into the Milwaukee voucher system after a lawsuit alleging discrimination against students with disabilities.
Read more: host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/ron-johnson-seeks-to-block-doj-from-enforcing-part-of/article_a945c44d-43fc-57d4-923e-22256a248429.html