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FOIA Response: Records Related to Office for Civil Rights Monitoring of Case 11-21-5901, for the Period of January 1, 2024, to May 8, 2025
November 2022, Office for Civil Rights found Fairfax County Public Schools at fault for violations during COVID "closures". OCR's resolution agreement…
Office for Civil Rights Publishes 58 More Disability Discrimination Cases Resolved in 2024
OCR published 58 more disability discrimination cases resolved in 2024—this time for Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Michigan, North Carolina…
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Callie Oettinger
Office for Civil Rights Publishes 52 More Findings and/or Resolutions for Disability Discrimination Cases
In the last 24 hours, OCR published findings and resolutions for 57 more cases resolved in 2024, of which 52 focus on disability discrimination.
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Callie Oettinger
U.S. Department of Education Issues Special Education Investigation Findings for 18 States and One Territory
American Samoa, Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota…
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Callie Oettinger
Fairfax County Public Schools Caught Over-Redacting FOIA Response—Again
FCPS has a history of limiting transparency, to include over-redacting its responses to FOIA requests. The most recent example arrived today, after OCR…
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Callie Oettinger
Office for Civil Rights Doubles Publication of Disability Discrimination Cases
For the first time in two weeks, OCR published letters of finding & resolution agreements with education agencies in AZ, CA, CO, GA, KS, LA, MD, MA, MI…
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Callie Oettinger
Unpacking VDOE’s Letter of Findings in Complaint C25-302
A review of the parent’s complaint, the evidence, and VDOE’s LOF revealed flaws in VDOE’s reasoning and legal conclusions.
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Callie Oettinger

July 2025

Why You Need to Read The Federal Register
How many times have you read IDEA & wondered what it really means—or whether your interpretation is correct? The Federal Register can help you confirm…
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Callie Oettinger
From the Archives: May 21–July 18, 2025
Articles from Special Education Action's Archives, Added to Substack Between May 21st and July 18th.
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Callie Oettinger
Office for Civil Rights Goes from Silence to Sudden Activity
OCR updated its resolution search twice within about a week, adding letters of findings and resolution agreements with schools in Arizona, Georgia…
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Callie Oettinger
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Accommodation Breakdown: Help Card
What’s the Accommodation? Student will be provided a help card. How's it supposed to be implemented? What are potential problems?
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Callie Oettinger
Fairfax County Public Schools' FERPA and PPRA “Assurance of Compliance” Letter Raises Serious Red Flags (and FCPS' FERPA Noncompliance…
FCPS' assurance letter reveals a defensive posture, includes questionable claims, and shows a troubling lack of accountability—and conflicts with the…
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Callie Oettinger
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