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Originally Posted by blueash
Everyone should read the court record, all of it. The court specifically held that the ADA did NOT apply in this case, rather it decided that the "section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act ("RA"), 29 U.S.C. § 794, et seq." was the law which may or may not apply in this case.
The court very specifically rejected all claims that the clubs and rec centers etc are subject to the issues raised by the plaintiffs.
In fact the case revolves over the use of Federal Dollars by the Charter School Corporation in its operations. The use of the Federal Dollars makes it subject to Federal regulations. The court left for a jury to decide whether the cost of sign language interpreters was an undue financial burden for the Lifelong Learning College.
They did try using a speech to text Dragon program but it produced a useless output.
The court held that it was up to a jury to decide
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And contradicting the claim in the paper that they did everything they could to accommodate the needs of the deaf
And that the cost to provide interpreters according to the defense would be
Did the developer get $64,000/yr of benefit by being able to advertise the LLC as a selling point for The Villages? Could the LLC charge the Developer a $64,000 per year fee for using the name and description of that program and then redirect that advertising income to handicapped services? Seems to me like a tiny additional expense for the Morse empire and a significant loss of a marketing tool.
So there it is. Apparently the Charter School Corporation decided not to go to trial and attempt to win the case but rather closed the LLC. I don't know from the record whether that means the plaintiffs are dismissing their suit or intend to go forward seeking damages for their case. It would seem unlikely they would drop the case as then the LLC could simply reopen under the same conditions, unless of course there was also a cash settlement [speculation]
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Who cares WHAT government agency? It just seems mean spirited to me. It is kind of like the transgender bathroom issue. Someone wants to make a big deal out of something that really didn't need fixing. It did not appear to me to have involved any compromise attempts on the part of those who brought suit. There are so many of us that because of age have significant hearing loss that this kind of case falls on a lot of pretty deaf ears. And my increasingly cold heart.