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    Providing educational facilities that are accessible to all.

    Highlights

    University of Nevada, Reno
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    University of Nevada will spend $3.2 million to make Reno stadium ADA-compliant

    Sept. 11, 2019
    The university is suing an architectural firm because a renovation of Mackay Stadium failed to provide the number of wheelchair seats required by federal law.
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    Judge rules that Virginia district violated rights of transgender student

    Aug. 12, 2019
    Gavin Grimm, now 20, sued the Gloucester County (Va.) district after it barred him from using the boys' restroom at Gloucester High.
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    Supreme Court denies appeal of Pennsylvania district's transgender policy

    May 28, 2019
    The Boyertown Area district policy allows transgender students to use bathrooms that match their gender identity.
    A federal agency says High School District 211 in Palatine Ill has violated antidiscrimination laws by denying unrestricted locker room access to a transgender student who identifies as female

    Lawsuit over Illinois district's transgender policy is dropped

    April 16, 2019
    Parents group decides to end its legal challenge of Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 over a transgender student's limited access to a girls locker room.
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    State of Minnesota intervenes in transgender suit against Anoka-Hennepin district

    March 26, 2019
    Student at Coon Rapids High was denied access to boys' locker room and told he had to dress in an area no other student used.

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    Supreme Court puts a hold on Virginia ruling on transgender student bathroom access

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    Court decision means that for now, student in Gloucester County, Va., won't be allowed to use school bathrooms that match his gender identity.
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