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Recent Articles
U.S. Department of Education Announces Intent to Amend Regulations Implementing Section 504, Requests Public Input
USDOE’s announcement comes 45 years after Joseph Califano, President Jimmy Carter’s Health, Education, and Welfare Secretary, finally signed the Section 504 regulations April 28, 1977.
Due Process Transcript, Fauquier County Public Schools, Virginia, Hearing Officer Frank Aschmann
Office of Civil Rights Finds Los Angeles Unified School District in Noncompliance, LAUSD Must Provide Compensatory Education to Students
This follows OCR’s January 12, 2021, announcement that it would investigate LAUSD, Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia), and Seattle Public Schools.
Are Schools Required To Conduct Their Own Evaluations After Independent Educational Evaluations Are Conducted?
“No,” is the answer from Rory Duffield and Lourrie Duddridge, two senior specialists with Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS), one of the largest school districts in the United States.
Fairfax County Public Schools Leadership Team Annual Employment Contracts
The contracts provided to her today include information that should be publicly available as it details the terms of contracts for FCPS Superintendent Scott Brabrand and numerous other “leadership team” members who are responsible for the education of Fairfax County’s students and the running of its school system.
U.S. Dept. of Ed. Announces Initiative to Stop Practice of Paying Less than Minimum Wage to Individuals who have Disabilities
According to a press release distributed by USDOE, the initiative “is the largest discretionary grant administered by RSA, with $167 million available to State Vocational Rehabilitation agencies and their partners . . .”