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From: Stephanie Warenski
Date: Sep 4, 2006 6:00PM

Now I know that any organization receiving federal funds has to comply with
Title V, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Many universities
receive federal funds have to comply with this section. Why is Section 508
different. Maybe I need to research the law some more.

Stephanie


> Universities under 508? Nope. Only Federal agencies, not even the
> Judiciary
> or Congress. Some argue that receipt of federal dollars requires
> 508
> compliance - it doesn't.
>
> There is one exception to that las statement - sort of. States that
> receive
> funds through the Assistive Technology Act (see
> http://www.ataporg.org/aboutus.asp) are required to provide an
> assurance of
> 508 compliance. From the ATAP site:
>
> <blockquote>
> States which receive Federal funds under the Assistive Technology
> Act of
> 1998 are required by that Act to provide an assurance of compliance
> with
> Section 508. Currently all states and territories receive
> Assistive
> Technology Act dollars and all have some form of Section 508
> assurance.
> These state Section 508 assurances most frequently take the form of
> a simple
> assurance statement with limited or no specifics regarding
> implementation.
> </blockquote>
>
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>
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>
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