{"title":"Federal court vacates HHS Section 504 integration mandate, keeps remaining provisions","authors":"Marc Charmatz","doi":"10.1002/dhe.70213","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.70213","url":null,"abstract":"<p>On Sept. 23, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas granted a joint request by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the remaining state plaintiffs in <i>State of Texas, et al. v. Kennedy</i>, No. 5:24-cv-00225 and vacated several provisions of HHS's 2024 Section 504 regulation relating to the integration mandate.</p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"32 4","pages":"3-15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149177115","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Judge rules in favor of employee","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/dhe.70223","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.70223","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>CASE NAME:</b> <i>Cardoza v. Nova Southeastern University</i>, No. 0:26-CV-61693 (S.D. Fla. 07/27/26).</p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"32 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149176918","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Judge rules in favor of college student","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/dhe.70227","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.70227","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>CASE NAME:</b> <i>Sanchez v. Concorde Career College LPN Program, et al</i>., No. 3:26-cv-00472 (D. Or. 08/12/26).</p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"32 4","pages":"14-15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149176970","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"OCR concerned with blocked seating at hockey games","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/dhe.70219","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.70219","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>CASE NAME:</b> <i>Letter re: University of Oklahoma</i>, No. 07262077 (OCR).</p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"32 4","pages":"10-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149177036","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New case highlights that disability laws are not safety laws","authors":"Eric Lyerly","doi":"10.1002/dhe.70211","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.70211","url":null,"abstract":"<p>At their core, federal disability statutes are designed to protect the rights and safety of students and employees with disabilities. But these statutes generally stop short of creating a negligence-based duty of care and treating violations as a “tort,” i.e., a civil wrong for which an injured party can seek financial damages for the harm they’ve suffered.</p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"32 4","pages":"1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149177037","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Andrea Honal Ph.D., Alexander Scholl Ph.D., Christopher Paul Ph.D.
{"title":"Discover how VR can boost student success, development","authors":"Andrea Honal Ph.D., Alexander Scholl Ph.D., Christopher Paul Ph.D.","doi":"10.1002/dhe.70215","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.70215","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Virtual reality (VR) can look impressive during a demonstration and still add little to student learning. The real question for student affairs professionals isn’t whether a headset creates excitement. It's whether the experience gives students a useful opportunity to practice, reflect, and try again.</p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"32 4","pages":"6-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149177117","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The rise of AI accommodations","authors":"Eric Lyerly","doi":"10.1002/dhe.70214","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.70214","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Generative artificial intelligence has already forced colleges and universities to rewrite their academic integrity policies. Now it's forcing a harder, equally technical conversation in disability services. Students with documented disabilities are beginning to request generative AI tools as part of their accommodation plans. Many existing accommodation policies do not address these technologies. Campus administrators must address these novel questions now to meet legal obligations under disability law while maintaining their institution's academic standards.</p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"32 4","pages":"5-15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149177116","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Judge rules against former student","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/dhe.70226","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.70226","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>CASE NAME:</b> <i>Waller v. Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, et al</i>., No. 24-13307 (11th Cir. 08/10/26).</p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"32 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149176963","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"OCR concerned with flashing stadium lights","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/dhe.70220","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.70220","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>CASE NAME:</b> <i>Letter re: Gahanna Jefferson City Public Schools</i>, No. 15-26-1361 (OCR).</p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"32 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149177118","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}