Resolution AgreementResolution Agreement • December 29th, 2016
Contract Type FiledDecember 29th, 2016The U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (OCR), initiated an investigation into allegations that the New Mexico School for the Deaf and the Blind (“School”) violated Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and its implementing regulation at 34 C.F.R. Part 104, and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and its implementing regulation at 28 C.F.R. Part 35. Specifically, the complainant alleged that the School’s website contained barriers to access for people with disabilities, thereby denying them an equal opportunity to participate in the School’s programs, services, and activities and denying them effective communication necessary for full participation in the School’s programs, services, and activities.