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ARTICLE · 22 MAY 2014

LSAT And DFEH Settle Reasonable Accommodation Dispute

The Law School Admission Council – a nonprofit that administers the Law School Aptitude Test or LSAT – has settled a dispute with the Department of Justice and California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing over accommodations for disabled test-takers.

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The Law School Admission Council – a nonprofit that administers the Law School Aptitude Test or LSAT – has settled a dispute with the Department of Justice and California's Department of Fair Employment and Housing over accommodations for disabled test-takers.

As we discussed here, California enacted Education Code section 99161.5 in 2013 to:

(1)  require that LSAC accommodate disabled test-takers (which it was already doing);

(2) dictate a public procedure, including a right to appeal, for handling accommodation requests; and

(3) prevent LSAC from telling schools which students received accommodation.

LSAC tried to argue that legislation imposing requirements on it but not similar businesses violated its equal protection rights. But as we reported here, they lost that argument.

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