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Recent Articles
U.S. Dept. of Education Finds Virginia at Fault for Continued Noncompliance
February 8, 2022, USDOE sent VDOE its response to VDOE’s corrective action information.
Special Education Action obtained the February 8, 2022, letter yesterday in response to a FOIA request submitted to VDOE.
Former VDOE Superintendent James Lane Heads to Washington; How Will U.S. Dept. of Education Defend Hiring the Official Who Reigned Over Years of VDOE Failures?
How will USDOE defend hiring the senior official who reigned over so many years of failure?
Office of Civil Rights Opens Investigation into Fairfax County Public Schools; Retaliation
January 27, 2022, OCR issued a letter announcing the opening of the investigation.
Retaliatory actions are the focus of the complaint.
Fairfax County School Board’s Legal Fees for Prior Restraint Lawsuit Against Parents Now Expected to Exceed $300,000
~Judge Richard E. Gardiner
November 16, 2021, Judge Richard E. Gardiner ruled that a Fairfax County School Board’s (FCSB) lawsuit against two parents was “about as much a prior restraint as there ever could be” and he characterized one of the Board’s arguments as “almost frivolous.”
As legal fees continue to roll in, the total spent by FCSB now is expected to exceed $300,000.
The irony of the FCSB wasting $200,000+ of taxpayer funds to sue two taxpayers who dared to expose wasteful spending is impossible to ignore.
Loudon County Public Schools at Fault for Systemic Violations Related to Independent Educational Evaluations; Must Reimburse Parents for Out-of-Pocket Costs
In a surprising move from a state agency averse to investigating complaints at a systemic level, VDOE ordered LCPS to “reimburse parents who have paid out of pocket for IEEs due to the unreasonable cost containment criteria,” which means the Corrective Action Plan encompasses parents who were not included in the initial complaint.
