Sentences with phrase «city college v.»

But in asking the Court last week not to hear the lawsuit, Grove City College v. Bell, the Administration also asked the Court not to resolve an issue that has perplexed many schools and colleges, women's rights advocates, and lower federal courts in recent months: whether entire educational institutions, or only their component parts that receive federal aid directly, are required to comply...

This language was necessary because of the unfortunate United States Supreme Court decision in Grove City College v. Bell in 1984, which held that colleges that accepted students participating in the federal Pell Grant program were recipients of federal funds and therefore subject to federal oversight.

Ruling in Grove City College v. Bell last year, the Court held that the civil - rights statute — whose language is similar to laws barring discrimination on the basis of race, handicap, and age — applies only to programs and activities that receive federal aid, and not to the entire institution.