Office for Civil Rights Requires Bellevue School District (WA) to Revise Procedures for Students Unable to Attend Full School Days
OCR identifies concerns BSD didn't initially convene a 504 or IEP team after receiving medical information, told parents partial-day attendance wasn't allowed, and delayed Home Hospital services.
May 7, 2026, U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a letter of findings to Bellevue School District (BSD) in Washington, after investigating a complaint filed on behalf of a student who has a disability.
OCR investigated the following allegation:
“whether the District discriminated and retaliated on the basis of disability by failing to provide the Student a free appropriate public education (FAPE) from the [redacted content] to [redacted content].”
Before OCR completed its investigation, BSD expressed interest in resolving the complaint. May 5, 2026, BSD entered into a resolution agreement with OCR.
OCR did not issue a final violation finding. Instead, OCR stated that it had “a concern that the District may have discriminated and retaliated on the basis of disability by failing to provide the Student a free appropriate public education.”
