With Civil Rights Laws. The Maryland State Department of Education, Division of Rehabilitation Services is a recipient of Federal financial assistance and must, therefore, assure the United States Department of Education that no person shall, on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance. The Division must also assure that its sub grantees, contractors and sub-contractors, and other participants, including individual practitioners of career assessment services, are in compliance with the civil rights laws prohibiting discrimination in any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance before authorization for the purchase of goods and services will be issued. Accordingly, the individual practitioner must assure that: · It will comply with the requirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000d to 2000d-4, § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 794, the Age Discrimination Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 6101 et seq., and the American With Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101 et seq., their implementing Federal Regulations, and all guidelines and interpretations issued pursuant thereto; · Its facilities, services and programs are accessible to persons with disabilities; · No otherwise qualified individual with a disability shall, solely by reason of the individual’s disability, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination by the individual practitioner; · No person shall, on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex or age, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination by the individual practitioner.
