When your district says, “All special ed students are released early – thats the rule,” they are discriminating against these children and violating the law. What can you do?
When the parents unite and work together, they are a powerful force. Here’s how one group of parents tackled the problem. A group of parents in Tidewater Virginia formed a parent advocacy group called PIER. PIER knew that their school district routinely sent disabled kids home early. Working together, members of PIER came up with a Creative Solution to the “transportation problems” in their district. This is how they handled it. An OCR Complaint In December 1998, PIER filed a compliant with the Office for Civil Rights (OCR). Download the OCR COMPLAINT: http://www.wrightslaw.com/law/pleadings/va.vabch.pier.ocr.pdf Note to Readers: This OCR Complaint is a very large (27 page) document in PDF. We suggest that you “right click” the link, save the document on your hard drive, then print it (remember where you put it!). In their Complaint, the parents alleged that Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) discriminated against students with disabilities. Here are some excerpts from the Comp
