Does the Act allow schools to set age limits for programs like drivers education?
Yes. The Act contains a number of exceptions that take into account whether consideration of age is necessary to operate the program. A district may limit participation in a driver’s education course to those students who are a certain age if this age criterion is necessary to the program. What if a school or college uses factors other than age as criteria for admission to a program (such as requiring applicants to have graduated from their previous school within 2 years), but it has the effect of excluding older people who may have graduated many years ago? The Act may prohibit this if the requirement being questioned is not needed for the normal operation of the program being offered.
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