S.C. attorney general set to file motion over disability law
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson is set to file a motion this week in a lawsuit regarding Section 504, a federal law that recognizes the civil rights of people who have disabilities, according to his office.
Seventeen states, including S.C., are currently signed onto a lawsuit challenging Section 504, a federal law that recognizes the civil rights of people who have disabilities.
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According to the U.S. Department of Education, Section 504 was ed as part of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to help “ensure that students with disabilities have equal access to educational opportunities.”
In May, the Biden istration added gender dysphoria to the list of disabilities protected under Section 504.
Months later, Texas filed the lawsuit challenging the move from the Biden istration and Section 504. 16 other states signed on to the lawsuit.
Robert Kittle, the communications director for the Office of the South Carolina Attorney General, said the motion Wilson plans to file this week will clarify that the state is not requesting, and never was requesting, Section 504 as a whole be deemed unconstitutional.
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“The Attorney General’s Office ed the lawsuit with the sole intention of removing ‘gender identity disorders’ and restoring Section 504 to what Congress ed originally. There was no intention to throw out Section 504 entirely,” a news release from Wilson’s office said Thursday.
Kittle said the states involved are drafting a t agreement for the case to be dismissed, as the lawsuit is no longer necessary.
Last month, President Donald Trump signed an executive order, reversing the Biden istration policy.
“Attorney General Wilson s President Trump’s executive order and believes it resolves his concerns, so our mission is complete,” Thursday’s news release, said.
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Kittle said if the lawsuit is not dismissed, South Carolina will withdraw from the lawsuit. He said if South Carolina were to withdraw now, the state would not have a say in what happens next in the case.
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