Federal officials claimed Gates Chili violated ADA
Gary Craig – Rochester Democrat and Chronicle USA TODAY NETWORK – in the D&C on 8/22/2020 on page A3
The federal Department of Justice and the Gates Chili Central School District have settled litigation over a student’s use of a service dog while on campus — a fight that began in 2012 and prompted a federal lawsuit against the school district in 2015.
In that lawsuit, federal Department of Justice officials argued that the school district had violated the Americans with Disabilities Act, or ADA, by requiring that the student’s family provide a handler for the dog. School officials did allow the dog on campus, but contended that their responsibilities ended there.