This week, lawyers will argue that the District of Columbia school system didn't do enough to find and teach 3-, 4- and 5-year-olds with disabilities—in front of the same judge who has already ruled that the school district didn't do right by these kids in 2005, 2006, and 2007.
In the class-action case D.L. v. District of Columbia, Chief Judge Royce C. Lamberth ruled in August that the District violated part of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, which requires states to identify, locate, and evaluate all children with disabilities from birth through age 21 who are in need of early intervention or special education services. From 2007 and before, D.C. didn't do enough to find students in need of these services, and some parents paid for them on their own, or their children lost valuable time with special education experts before entering kindergarten, the judge ruled.
Read more of Nirvi Shah's On Special Education article HERE.
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