Last week, ACB announced that the Office of Legal Counsel at the Department of Justice released a memo regarding the integration mandate.

The Air Carrier Access Amendments Act was recently reintroduced in Congress. Rep. Dina Titus of Nevada and Sen. Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin have introduced the bill in the House and Senate, respectively. This legislation would require the Secretary of Transportation to assess civil penalties for violations and refer patterns of discrimination to the Department of Justice.

Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court further weakened the Voting Rights Act by refusing to take the case of Arkansas United v. Thurston, regarding whether Section 208 of the Voting Rights Act is enforceable by private individuals and organizations. The 8th Circuit Court decision says that individuals and groups do not have a private right of action to enforce Section 208 of the Voting Rights Act.

Today, on June 18, 2026, the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) at the Department of Justice (DOJ) released a memo regarding the integration mandate in Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Supreme Court decision in Olmstead v. LC. This integration mandate is currently at issue in the case of Texas v. Kennedy.

The Department of Education announced today that several offices and programs will be moved to other agencies. The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, or OSERS, will be moved to the Department of Health and Human Services, HHS. OSERS is responsible for distributing federal funding for special education and helps ensure students receive services that they are legally entitled to. The Education Department's Office of Civil Rights, or OCR, will be moved to the Department of Justice, DOJ.

ACB has submitted comments to the Department of Justice (DOJ) via the federal register regarding the DOJ's Interim Final Rule concerning website accessibility compliance dates for Title II covered entities. The comments are attached to this post. 

 

We encourage everyone to make your voices heard and submit your own comments to the DOJ through the federal register.

ACB is thrilled to announce that the Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy Act was reintroduced in both the House and the Senate last week! Sen. Edward Markey of Massachusetts and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia reintroduced the bill in the Senate, and Rep. Morgan McGarvey of Kentucky and Rep.

On June 3, 2026, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released an Interim Final Rule with Comment Period (IFC) which will require some adult Medicaid applicants and enrollees to meet a community engagement requirement of 80 hours per month by January 1, 2027. The community engagement requirement can be met through employment, volunteer work, as well as through participation in certain job programs and educational programs.