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The School-to-Work, Perkins, and related laws are intended to create high quality systems, addressing in part the rights of youth with disabilities to fully participate in them. Two federal civil rights laws - Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (18) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (19) - further define the rights of youth with disabilities to full participation in these high quality systems and the programs that comprise them. Both prohibit disability-based discrimination in all aspects of public education programs. School-to-work systems must comply with these laws as well with the School-to-Work and Perkins Acts. A third civil rights law, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) (20), provides powerful tools for implementing the full-participation rights arising from the School-to-Work and Perkins Acts, Section 504, and the Americans with Disabilities Act. The individualized services and planning IDEA requires are ideal mechanisms for addressing the needs of youth who choose to participate in school-to-work systems. In a complementary fashion, programs which operate under the auspices of school-to-work systems may be used to implement students' rights under IDEA to high quality academics and "transition services," including career development education. Back to School-To-Work |
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