Special education-related information for Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
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Pennsylvania corrected every identified problem before OSEP issued the reports, leaving no open findings and raising questions about why the reports weren't issued and made public earlier.
Pennsylvania district must audit and correct identified barriers involving its websites, PDFs, videos, social media, third-party platforms, and mass email and text notification system.
The state found MGRSD in noncompliance with IDEA and ordered compensatory services.
OCR raised concerns after a teacher unaware of a student’s 504 plan repeatedly removed his hood, held his body and arm, and staff didn’t use required regulation strategies.
Two months after OCR addressed broken-elevator concerns in Springfield Public Schools, it identified similar concerns in LPS involving an elevator, wheelchair lifts, and accessible parking.
More than two years after U.S. Department of Education identified seven IDEA noncompliance findings in 2023, it says NYSED has finally satisfied all original corrective actions.
The issues relate to IDEA Part B monitoring and improvement, data, fiscal management, and dispute resolution.
OCR identifies concerns that broken elevators may have denied students with mobility impairments access to classes, teachers, peers, FAPE, and participation in the regular educational environment.
The issues include monitoring and improvement, data including the State Performance Plan/Annual Performance Report, fiscal management, and dispute resolution.
Massachusetts Joins Growing List of States Identified by U.S. Department of Education as Noncompliant with Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act
