November 30, 2022, the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) announced Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) is at fault for civil rights violations and OCR released the resolution reached following its investigation of FCPS.
This follows OCR’s January 12, 2021, announcement that it would investigate FCPS, Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), and Seattle Public Schools.
The investigation found that FCPS, “inappropriately reduced and limited services provided to students with disabilities, based on considerations other than the students’ individual educational needs, and failed to adequately remedy these denials of FAPE. OCR also identified concerns with staffing shortages and other administrative obstacles that may have limited the School Division’s provision of FAPE, as well as its ability to sufficiently track its FAPE services.”
Additional Reading:
- “FOIA Response: Records FCPS Provided to Office of Civil Rights for OCR’s COVID Investigation“
- “Fairfax County Pay-to-Play, 5-Days-a-Week, In-Person Education Model Generates Revenue for County; Sparks Civil Rights Investigation“
- “Fairfax County Public Schools Withheld Records from Office of Civil Rights; FCPS Didn’t Provide Full Response to OCR’s Investigation Data Request“
- “UPDATE: Fairfax County Public Schools FOIA’d Parents’ Communications with Office of Civil Rights“
- “Office of Civil Rights Finds Los Angeles Unified School District in Noncompliance, LAUSD Must Provide Compensatory Education to Students“
(This is a breaking story and will continue to be updated.)
Click on the image below to read OCR’s full November 30, 2022, letter to FCPS.
Click on the image below to read FCPS’s full resolution agreement with OCR.
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