Southeastern Community College v. Davis

How courts have described this case

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• holding that § 504 does not impose \an affirmative action obligation\ on recipients of federal funds
• holding that section 504 did not require a college to provide an individual instructor for a deaf nursing student
• holding that under the Rehabilitation Act, an otherwise qualified individual is “one who is able to meet all of a program’s requirements in spite of his handicap”
• concluding that subsequent isolated statements by individual legislators or committee members \cannot substitute for a clear expression of legislative intent at the time of enactment\
• concluding that subsequent isolated statements by individual legislators or committee members “cannot substitute for a clear expression of legislative intent at the time of enactment”
• holding that § 504 demands “only that an ‘otherwise qualified handicapped individual’ not be excluded from participation in a federally funded program ‘solely by reason of his handicap.’ ”

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