ADA Title II

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United States federal civil rights law provision

ADA Title II is the section of the Americans with Disabilities Act that prohibits disability-based discrimination by state and local governments and requires their programs, services, and activities to be accessible.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
ADA Title II canonical	1
Title II of the ADA is a proper exercise of Congress’s enforcement power under Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment as applied to cases implicating the fundamental right of access to the courts	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal civil rights law provision ⓘ
allows	complaints to be filed with the U.S. Department of Justice ⓘ private lawsuits for injunctive relief ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesTo	local governments ⓘ public entities ⓘ state governments ⓘ
authorizes	the U.S. Attorney General to bring enforcement actions ⓘ
basedOn	Congressional power to enforce the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
covers	all services of local governments ⓘ all services of state governments ⓘ courts and justice system services of public entities ⓘ law enforcement activities of public entities ⓘ parks and recreation programs of public entities ⓘ public education provided by state and local governments ⓘ public housing programs administered by public entities ⓘ public transportation provided by public entities ⓘ social services programs of public entities ⓘ voting programs and activities of public entities ⓘ
defines	public entity ⓘ qualified individual with a disability ⓘ
effectiveDate	January 26, 1992 ⓘ
enforcedBy	U.S. Department of Justice NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicScope	United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
includes	regulations at 28 C.F.R. Part 35 ⓘ
interpretedBy	U.S. Supreme Court decision Olmstead v. L.C. (1999) NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalCitation	42 U.S.C. §§ 12131–12165 ⓘ
partOf	Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 NERFINISHED ⓘ
policyGoal	elimination of discrimination against individuals with disabilities in public services ⓘ
prohibits	coercion, intimidation, threats, or interference with ADA rights ⓘ denial of benefits of public entity services to qualified individuals with disabilities ⓘ disability-based discrimination by public entities ⓘ exclusion of qualified individuals with disabilities from participation in public entity services ⓘ retaliation against individuals asserting ADA rights ⓘ subjecting qualified individuals with disabilities to discrimination by any public entity ⓘ
relatedTo	ADA Title I NERFINISHED ⓘ ADA Title III NERFINISHED ⓘ
requires	accessibility of programs, services, and activities of public entities ⓘ effective communication with individuals with disabilities ⓘ integration of individuals with disabilities in the most integrated setting appropriate ⓘ new construction and alterations of public entity facilities to be accessible ⓘ public entities to conduct self-evaluations of policies and practices ⓘ public entities with 50 or more employees to adopt grievance procedures ⓘ public entities with 50 or more employees to designate an ADA coordinator ⓘ reasonable modifications in policies, practices, and procedures when necessary to avoid discrimination ⓘ removal of architectural barriers where readily achievable for existing facilities of public entities ⓘ
scope	public sector only ⓘ
yearEnacted	1990 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Title II → alsoKnownAs → ADA Title II ⓘ

subject surface form: Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act

Tennessee v. Lane → holds → ADA Title II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Title II of the ADA is a proper exercise of Congress’s enforcement power under Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment as applied to cases implicating the fundamental right of access to the courts