When was the rehabilitation act passed

The Learning Center is named in honor of Dinah Cohen, a leader in the disability and federal employment communities who passed away in March EARN makes it easy to stay up-to-date on disability employment news and information. Start by subscribing to our e-blasts and monthly e-newsletter , which will connect you to upcoming events, developing news and promising practices in the world of disability diversity and inclusion. The Rehabilitation Act of , as Amended Rehab Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in programs conducted by federal agencies, in programs receiving federal financial assistance, in federal employment and in the employment practices of federal contractors.

Section of the Rehab Act prohibits employment discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities in the federal sector, including the U. It does not require these entities to have a minimum number of employees at the worksite to be covered. In February , the U. We all felt that we were acting on behalf of hundreds of thousands of people who were not able to participate, people all over the country who were institutionalized or stuck in other dependency situations.

We set up committees to take on different tasks such as rally speakers, media, fund-raising, medics, monitors, publicity, and outreach. The outreach committee was very successful in garnering broad community support: from churches, unions, civil rights organizations, gay groups, elected politicians, radical parties and others. The work of that committee proved to be invaluable once we were inside the building. Those organizations built support rallies outside the building and the breath of the support made it more difficult to move against us.

The International Association of Machinists facilitated our sending a delegation to Washington. Politicians sent mattresses and a shower hose to attach to the sink. Glide Memorial Church and the Black Panther party sent many delicious meals that nourished us between days of coffee and doughnuts.

The other committees also continued inside the building. The media committee met regularly to review the coverage and discuss how to make our purpose more clear, how to use the press to get particular issues across.

It directed reporters to appropriate spokespeople, called news conferences and so on. The committees had a great deal of work to do and kept many people involved. This was good, because the conditions were physically grueling, sleeping sometimes three or four hours a night on the floor and everyone was under stress about their families, jobs, our health, the fact that we were all filthy and so on. All the participants met daily to make tactical decisions.

These were flowing, creative meetings but they often went on for hours, which meant very little sleep. But they were important in developing consensus and arriving at a course of action. We learned about sit ins from the civil rights movement, we sang freedom songs to keep up morale, and consciously show the connection between the two movements.

We always drew the parallels. A congressional hearing was held in the building that was extremely dramatic. Congressman Phil Burton leapt up and ran after him and kicked on the door insisting he come out. After about two weeks, a contingent was chosen to go to Washington to lend the moral authority and the leadership of the sit in to the efforts there to pressure the administration.

We really wanted to break open the East Coast press and we wanted some more demonstrations that would mobilize people, and we were striving to get a meeting at the White House. An act to replace the vocational rehabilitation act, to extend and revise the authorization of grants to states for vocational rehabilitation services, with special emphasis on services to those with the most severe handicaps, to expand special federal responsibilities and research and training programs with respect to handicapped individuals, to establish special responsibilities in the secretary of health, education, and welfare for coordination of all programs with respect to handicapped individuals within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and for other purposes.

The Rehabilitation Act of was the first legislation to address the notion of equal access for individuals with disabilities through the removal of architectural, employment, and transportation barriers. It also created rights of persons with disabilities through affirmative action programs. In addition, the legislation attempted to address some of the societal barriers faced by individuals with disabilities, including isolation by placement in institutions, limited access to buildings, and discrimination in education and employment.

The insertion of Section into the Rehabilitation Act of succeeded where attempts to enact civil rights protections for Americans with disabilities in were reportedly rebuffed. Widget for your website Get a bill status widget ». Save Note. You are reading a bill enacted 17, days ago. In the intervening time subsequent legislation may have amended or repealed the provisions below. Download PDF. Summary of this bill Source: Wikipedia.

Continue reading ». Close Comparison. No later than thirty days following the date of the decision of the Secretary of the Interior, the party aggrieved or the High Commissioner, on behalf of the head of the department con- cerned, may seek relief by suit in the District Court of Guam, if the claim is otherwise within its jurisdiction. H e may summon witnesses and administer oaths. Declaration of purpose. Rehabilitation Services Administration. Advance funding. J o i n t funding.

Consolidated rehabilitation plan. Allotment percentage. Declaration of p u r p o s e ; authorization of appropriations. State plans. Individualized written rehabilitation program. Scope of vocational rehabilitation services. Non-Federal share for construction. State allotments. Client assistance.

Special study. Authorization of appropriations. G r a n t s for construction of rehabilitation facilities. Vocational t r a i n i n g services for handicapped individuals. Mortgage insurance for rehabilitation facilities. Sec, Special projects and demonstrations. General g r a n t a n d contract requirements.

P r o g r a m a n d project evaluation. Obtaining information from F e d e r a l agencies. Secretarial responsibility. Sheltered workshop study. State allocation study. Effect on existing laws. Employment of handicapped individuals. Employment under Federal contracts. Nondiscrimination under Federal g r a n t s. Except for titles Post, p p. I V and V and as otherwise specifically provided in this Act, such Administration shall be the principal agency for carrying out this Act. Delegation of functions, s u b - The Secretary shall not approve any delegation of the functions of the mittal of plan to Commissioner to any other officer not directly responsible to the Com- Congress.

Such delegation is eflfective at the end of the first period of sixty calendar days of continuous session of Congress after the date on which the plan for such delegation is transmitted to i t : Provided, however, That within thirty days of such transmittal, the Secretary shall consult with the Committee on Labor and Public Wel- fare of the Senate and the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives respecting such proposed delegation.

For the purposes of this section, continuity of session is broken only by an adjournment of Congress sine die, and the days on which either House is not in session because of an adjournment of more than three days to a day certain are excluded in the computation of the thirty-day and sixty-day periods.

R e s e a r c h , co- ordination and b The Secretary, through the Commissioner in coordination with consultation. Pursuant to regulations prescribed by the President, and to the extent consistent with the other provisions of this Act, where funds are provided for a single project by more than one Federal agency to an agency or organization assisted under this Act, the Federal agency principally involved may be designated to act for all in administering the funds provided, and, in such cases, a single non-Federal share requirement may be established according to the proportion of funds advanced by each agency.

When the principal agency involved is the Rehabilitation Services Administration, it may waive any grant or contract requirement as defined by such regulations under or pur- suant to any law other than this Act, which requirement is inconsistent with the similar requirements of the administering agency under or pursuant to this Act.

If the Secretary finds that all such require- ments are satisfied, he may approve the plan to serve in all respects as the substitute for the separate plans which would otherwise be required with respect to each of the programs included therein, or he may advise the State to submit separate plans for such programs. For the purposes of this Act: 1 The term "construction" means the construction of new build- ings, the acquisition, expansion, remodeling, alteration, and renovation of existing buildings, and initial equipment of such buildings, and the term "cost of construction" includes architects' fees and acquisition of land in connection with construction but does not include the cost of offsite improvements.

United States or a State or unit of general local government, with or without compensation, in any activity pertaining to— A the enforcement of the criminal laws, including highway patrol, or the maintenance of civil peace by the National Guard or the Armed Forces, B a correctional program, facility, or institution where the activity is potentially dangerous because of contact with criminal suspects, defendants, prisoners, probationers, or parolees, C a court having criminal or juvenile delinquent jurisdiction where the activity is potentially dangerous because of contact with criminal suspects, defendants, prisoners, probationers, or parolees, or D firefighting, fire prevention, or emergency rescue missions.

Promulgation, 2 The allotment percentages shall be promulgated by the Secre- computation. Such promulgation shall be conclusive for each of the two fiscal years in the period beginning on the July 1 next succeeding such promulgation.

Population b The population of the several States and of the United States determination. Each recipient of a grant or contract under this Act shall keep such records as the Secretary may prescribe, including records which fully disclose the amount and disposition by such recipient of the proceeds of such grant or contract, the total cost of the project or undertaking in connection with which such grant or contract is made or funds thereunder used, the amount of that portion of the cost of the project or undertaking supplied by other sources, and such records as will facilitate an effective audit.

The Secretary and the Comptroller General of the United States, or any of their duly authorized repre- sentatives, shall have access for the purpose of audit and examina- tion to any books, documents, papers, and records of the recipient of any grant or contract under this Act which are pertinent to such grant or contract.