Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Finds Mount Greylock Regional School District in Noncompliance with IDEA After Student’s OT Services Were Put “On Hold”
MDESE found MGRSD in noncompliance with IDEA and ordered compensatory services.
June 12, 2026, Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (MDESE), through its Problem Resolution System (PRS), released a letter of findings in which it found Mount Greylock Regional School District (MGRSD) failed to implement a student’s IEP with respect to occupational therapy and failed to comply with IDEA’s implementing regulation at 34 C.F.R. § 300.17 and Massachusetts regulation 603 CMR 28.05(7)(b).
Complaint and Allegations
The complaint was filed by the parent of a student enrolled in an MGRSD school.
The complaint alleged the following three violations:
“Failure to Implement the IEP: The District failed to fully implement [Student’s] accepted IEP by suspending Occupational Therapy services.”
“Failure to Convene the IEP Team: The District made a material change to [Student’s] service delivery — specifically, stopping OT services — without convening the IEP Team.”
“Failure to Provide Prior Written Notice (N1): The District failed to provide required Prior Written Notice (N1) regarding: The suspension of OT services (a change in the provision of FAPE); and its refusal or failure to act on my request for an IEP Team meeting.”
What MDESE Investigated
MDESE didn’t frame the investigation exactly as the parent framed the complaint.
The complaint alleged failure to implement the IEP, failure to convene the IEP Team, and failure to provide Prior Written Notice.
MDESE narrowed the issue to whether MGRSD provided the student with OT services in accordance with the student’s IEP during the 2025-26 school year, between the start of the period without an OT provider and April 13, 2026.