Joyce Ann Beauford v. Father Flanagan's Boys' Home, Joyce Ann Beauford v. Father Flanagan's Boys' Home

HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

I. OVERVIEW

This appeal presents the question of whether Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 794, prohibits discrimination in the handling of an employee salary continuation program and employee health and dental benefits when the handicapped employee is no longer able to perform the essential functions of his or her job. We find that it does not.

II. BACKGROUND

Joyce Ann Beauford, a black female, was employed as a classroom teacher at Wegner Middle School on the campus of Boys Town, Inc., a non-profit corporation providing a variety of services for…