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Office for Civil Rights Requires Bellevue School District (WA) to Revise Procedures for Students Unable to Attend Full School Days
OCR identifies concerns BSD didn't initially convene a 504 or IEP team after receiving medical information, told parents partial-day attendance wasn't…
May 21 • Callie Oettinger
Office for Civil Rights Requires Beach Public School District 3 (ND) to Fix 504 Placement Procedures
OCR found district denied student FAPE when principal moved him to self-contained day-treatment program and reduced his school day without following…
May 21 • Callie Oettinger
Office for Civil Rights Requires Central Valley School District #3 (ND) to Revise Seclusion Policy and Train Staff
OCR identified concerns with how school staff used and documented seclusion, when the IEP team was reconvened, and whether a student’s classroom seating…
May 21 • Callie Oettinger
Office for Civil Rights Requires Suffolk Public Schools (VA) to Address Failure to Implement 504 Plan
OCR found SPS denied FAPE when teachers didn't know a student had a 504 Plan and when the student did not receive at least some required related aids…
May 20 • Callie Oettinger
OCR Opens Investigation Into Houston Independent School District's Special Education Overhaul
Another Decade, Another Instance of Massive Special Education Issues in Texas
May 8 • Callie Oettinger
Office for Civil Rights Requires Miami-Dade County Public Schools (FL) to Address Expired IEP, Evaluation, and Plan Distribution Concerns
OCR identifies systemic concerns that the school had not established practices for timely evaluations or for distributing completed IEPs and Section 504…
May 7 • Callie Oettinger
Office for Civil Rights Requires Springfield Public Schools (MA) to Address Elevator Access, FAPE, and Placement Concerns
OCR identifies concerns that broken elevators may have denied students with mobility impairments access to classes, teachers, peers, FAPE, and…
May 7 • Callie Oettinger
Office for Civil Rights Requires Lawrence County School District (AL) to Address Accessibility Concerns at East Lawrence High School Gym…
OCR identifies concerns with accessible parking, accessible routes, signage, seating, restrooms, and concessions at East Lawrence High School athletic…
May 7 • Callie Oettinger
Office for Civil Rights Requires Williamson County Schools (TN) to Train Staff After FAPE Concerns for Student with Multiple Complex Medical…
OCR identifies concerns district wouldn't serve student at school—even w/his private duty nurse—because student’s physician would provide written, not…
May 7 • Callie Oettinger
Office for Civil Rights Requires Flagler County Public Schools (FL) to Address Retaliation Against Teacher Who Raised IEP Concerns
OCR finds the district wrongfully retaliated against a teacher after she emailed concerns that multiple students’ IEP support minutes were not being…
May 7 • Callie Oettinger
Office for Civil Rights Requires Friendship Aspire Academy Public Charter School (AR) to Address Accessible Parking and Retaliation Concerns
OCR identifies concerns the school was not providing accessible parking at its Pine Bluff Downtown campus and that the principal retaliated after the…
May 7 • Callie Oettinger
Office for Civil Rights Requires San Bernardino City Unified School District (CA) to Address 504 Plan and Complaint Process Concerns
OCR identifies concerns that district’s 504 plan lacked enough detail for consistent implementation, a class-wide late-work policy may not have met the…
May 6 • Callie Oettinger
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