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The Justice Department announces settlement agreement with Florida’s Volusia County School District

The Justice Department announces settlement agreement with Florida’s Volusia County School District (VCS) to address the district’s systemic and discriminatory practices that punish students with disabilities for their disability-related behavior and deny them equal access to VCS’s programs and services.  DOJ News Releasehttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-settles-florida-s-volusia-county-school-district-protect-students

Brief explanation posted by Wrightslaw: https://www.wrightslaw.com/blog/breaking-news-justice-department-settles-with-florida-district-in-discrimination-class-removals-case/

Under the agreement, VCS will revise and implement policies and practices to comply with the ADA, particularly those relating to:

  •      attendance and removals;
  •      discipline;
  •      law enforcement involvement; and
  •      behavioral interventions and supports.

Volusia Schools will also:

  •      * provide staff training on the ADA;
  •      * retain an outside behavioral supports consultant; and
  •      * establish an ADA complaint procedure and tracking system

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