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Can Schools Block Students Who Use Accommodations From Receiving Academic and Other Honors?
Learn the answer and read supporting documents and/or regulations.
Sep 25
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Callie Oettinger
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Office for Civil Rights Raises Disability Discrimination Concerns at California’s Kerman Unified School District
KUSD agreed to issue guidance and train staff, including athletic coaches, after OCR raised concerns about a student’s participation, implementation of…
Sep 22
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Callie Oettinger
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UPDATED—Differentiated Monitoring and Support Reports and Letters
To safeguard access, Special Education Action has begun archiving DMS reports and status letters directly on its site instead of linking to unstable…
Sep 19
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Callie Oettinger
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U.S. Department of Education Closes All Four Findings in Utah’s 2025 DMS Report
OSEP confirms that all four findings from its July 2025 report are closed. One had already been resolved before that report was issued.
Sep 18
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Callie Oettinger
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U.S. Department of Education Closes All Three Findings in Nevada’s 2024 DMS Report
OSEP says Nevada completed the required corrective actions for fiscal management and oversight of due process decisions.
Sep 18
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Callie Oettinger
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Office for Civil Rights Enters Into Resolution Agreement with Jenks Public Schools (OK) Over 17 Years After Starting Investigation
JPS agreed to review missed therapy services, revise disability complaint procedures, and address website barriers. The resolution agreement’s deadlines…
Sep 18
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Callie Oettinger
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Can Schools Block Students Who Have Disabilities from Sports, Field Trips, and Other Activities Because Their Grades Are Too Low?
Question: Can schools block students who have disabilities from sports, field trips, and other activities because their grades are too low? Answer:
Sep 18
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Callie Oettinger
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U.S. Department of Education Identifies 11 Areas of IDEA Noncompliance in Maine
Maine must correct failures in preschool oversight, service decisions, data reporting, financial controls, and protections for families.
Sep 18
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Callie Oettinger
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Office for Civil Rights Raises FAPE Concern in Prince Edward County Public Schools (VA) Bullying Case
OCR found insufficient evidence that PECPS in Virginia failed to respond effectively to disability harassment, but questioned whether it considered the…
Sep 16
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Callie Oettinger
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U.S. Department of Education Identifies Six Areas of IDEA Noncompliance in New Hampshire
New Hampshire must correct failures in early intervention services, program oversight, and protections for families of infants and toddlers who have…
Sep 8
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Callie Oettinger
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Where Was Office for Civil Rights? Virginia’s Civil Rights Monitoring Problem Spanning a Decade
Across six related matters, OCR moved so slowly that parents, teachers, students and advocates had to file new complaints or lawsuits to force action.
Sep 5
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Callie Oettinger
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Office for Civil Rights Requires Prince George’s County Public Schools (MD) to Consider Disability When Grades Bar Students from Sports
The district denied a student a chance to play basketball under its 2.0 GPA rule without deciding whether disability-related barriers affected his…
Sep 4
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Callie Oettinger
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