Resolution AgreementResolution Agreement • January 10th, 2017
Contract Type FiledJanuary 10th, 2017The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the U.S. Department of Education initiated an investigation into an allegation that the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Public School System (“CNMI PSS”) violated Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (“Section 504”) and that statute’s implementing regulations at 34 C.F.R. Part 104, and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (“Title II”) and that statute’s implementing regulations at 28 C.F.R. Part 35. Specifically, the complainant alleges that CNMI PSS’s website contains barriers to access for people with disabilities, thereby denying them an equal opportunity to participate in CNMI PSS’s programs, services, and activities, and denying them effective communication necessary for full participation in CNMI PSS’s programs, services, and activities.