Office for Civil Rights Findings on Grundy County Schools in Tennessee

OCR Complaint 04-23-1064 focuses on exclusion from activities and a path toward inclusion.

Background

March 18, 2026, U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) entered into a resolution agreement with Grundy County Schools (GCS) in Tennessee. Six days later, March 24, 2026, OCR issued its letter of findings to GCS. The underlying complaint, filed in 2022, alleged that the district discriminated against a student with a disab…