Office for Civil Rights Concludes Investigation into Chicago Public School District 299 (IL), Identifies Disability Discrimination

During 2021-22, CPSD relocated special education resource classes and other special education or related services at a school to locations inappropriate for instruction

March 10, 2026, U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) concluded a disability discrimination investigation into Chicago Public Schools District #299 (CPSD). OCR’s letter of findings notes that during the 2021–2022 school year CPSD converted a special‑education resource room at one school into a COVID‑19 care room and relocated spec…