Source: https://ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/investigations/02105001-b.html
Timestamp: 2018-09-26 06:32:20
Document Index: 70799905

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 2000', 'art 100', '§ 794', 'art 104', '§ 12132', 'art 35']

Case No. 02-10-5001
The Schenectady City School District (the District) enters into the following Agreement to resolve Compliance Review No. 02-10-5001. The review addressed whether black and/or Hispanic students were subjected to discrimination on the bases of race, national origin and/or disability, in the pre-referral and/or referral of these students for special education evaluation. The District enters into this Agreement to ensure its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI), 42 U.S.C. § 2000d, and its implementing regulation, 34 C.F.R. Part 100, which prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color or national origin in programs or activities receiving financial assistance from the U.S. Department of Education (the Department), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 794 (Section 504), and its implementing regulation at 34 C.F.R. Part 104, which prohibit discrimination on the basis of disability in programs, services or activities receiving financial assistance from the Department, and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. § 12132 (Title II), and its implementing regulation at 28 C.F.R. Part 35, which prohibit discrimination on the basis of disability by certain public entities. The District agrees to take the following actions:
Action Item I: Expert
By December 1, 2013, the District will retain an expert/outside consultant (expert), mutually agreed upon by the District and OCR, with expertise in addressing the overrepresentation of minority students in special education. The expert will review the District’s procedures for screening, identification, evaluation and placement of students in special education and/or the provision of related aids and services. The expert will examine the root cause(s) of the overrepresentation of minority students in special education. The expert will make recommendations as to what measures the District should take to ensure that it is making appropriate determinations as to its screening, identification, evaluation and placement of students in special education and/or the provision of related aids and services to address the overrepresentation of minorities in special education and the root causes of this overrepresentation. The expert may be an independent contractor(s) for the District and/or an employee(s) of the District. The District, after retaining its expert, shall promptly provide the expert with all appropriate information the expert believes is necessary to engage in this process. As part of the expert’s review and assessment, the following may be considered:
Parent involvement and awareness of regular education interventions and the Building-Level team procedures;
The effectiveness of regular education interventions available to students at all schools and of the training provided to teachers regarding use of these interventions; particularly of informal classroom interventions, Building-Level Team interventions, and interventions outside of the classroom and/or after school hours such as after school programs, tutoring, mentoring or other programs designed to help students succeed; and,