Bush Education Nominee opposes ADA, says ADA Watch
Feb. 22, 2002 -- Gerald Reynolds, Bush administration nominee for Assistant Secretary for the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights, has been "an outspoken opponent of the same federal civil rights protections he would be charged with enforcing," says ADA Watch, a Washington-based group opposing the nomination. Reynolds would oversee compliance with the Individuals with Disabilities Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act as they pertain to education. Calling him "an active member of the Federalist Society which opposes Federal civil rights protections," ADA Watch says Reynolds was with the right-wing Center for Equal Opportunity, "known for its vitriolic criticism of the ADA."