Profile: ADA Compliance Activities
General
Information
This Court Information Profile
type reflects the activities that courts are engaged in
to bring their facilities and policies more in line with
the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act
(ADA).
The profile type was developed
as the result of a project conducted by NCSC with funding
from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (ADA Resource
Center for State Courts, award number 1999-DD-BX-0084).
The general purpose of the ADA project was to identify
ADA materials, policies and procedures that have already
been developed by the courts and provide a vehicle for
sharing and disseminating the information. As
one component of the project, staff developed a paper-based
survey that was circulated to the courts via the Conference
of State Court Administrators for voluntary completion
in late spring 2001. The survey did not attempt
to measure the level of court compliance with the ADA,
but was intended only to collect information regarding
successful practices, policies and procedures currently
used by the courts to make them more accessible to individuals
with disabilities. All returned surveys were screened
by NCSC staff, who then entered into the Court Information
Profiles data from some of the most informative surveys.
The ADA project also developed
issues papers on selected
ADA topics and obtained samples of settlement
agreements from the U.S. Department of Justice.
ADA Profiles
Issues Papers
The ADA project team developed
briefing papers on four specific topics to help courts
understand and address the issues involved in complying
with ADA requirements. You may view these papers
individually by clicking on the links for each title
below. The
papers are also available for retrieval through ADA
section of NCSC's CourTopics
Database .
Click Below to View Individual
Issues Papers (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader):
Settlement Agreements
The United States Department
of Justice is authorized to investigate complaints to
determine whether a public entity is in compliance with
Title II of the ADA and the Department’s implementing
Title II regulation. The Department is authorized
to investigate the facts, issue findings, and, where
appropriate,
negotiate and secure a voluntary compliance agreement.
The following are examples
of settlement agreements resolving a variety of ADA issues
in court settings. Click on the title of each to
view the document in a separate window.
Settlement Agreement between
the United States of America and . . .
Enforcement
Activities Under the Americans with Disabilities Act
Title II: Programs, Services and Activities of State
and Local Courts
Section
I: Formal and Informal Settlement Agreements; Mediation
Dispositions
Section II: The
Americans With Disabilities Act Title II: Self Evaluation
Section III: Evaluation
of General Administrative Requirements
Section IV: Evaluation
of Employment Policies, Procedures, and Practices
Section V: Evaluation
of Services, Programs, and Activities
Section VI: Court
Facility Accessibility Reference Guide
Section VII: Americans
with Disabilities Act, Accessibility Reference Guide: Building
Exterior and Site
Section VIII: Americans
with Disabilities Act, Accessibility Reference Guide: Common Use
Building Elements
More Information
Visit
the CourTopics Database to explore the collection
of information on ADA and many other topics compiled
by NCSC staff.
Visit the Department of Justice's
ADA Home Page at www.ada.gov to explore a wealth of information
about the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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