State Investigation: Denver Violated Federal Rules, Delayed Services to Students with Disabilities
August 6, 2018
By: Melanie Asmar
Source: Chalkbeat
The Denver school district violated the rights of some students with disabilities in the way it made decisions about whether they would get support from a teacher’s aide, an investigation by the Colorado Department of Education found.
Instead of allowing a team that includes teachers, specialists, and the students’ parents to make that determination, as is required by federal rules, district officials decided whether students would get paraprofessional support “outside of the team process,” the investigation found.