Family wins case against school district
A federal judge ruled against the Henrico County (Virginia) school system, saying that it “knowingly and repeatedly” failed to provide an appropriate education for a severely autistic student, Reid Tutweiler, who is now 8 years old. According to an article in today’s TimesDispatch.com:
In a 79-page opinion laced with criticism of the school system’s compliance with education disabilities law, U.S. District Judge Robert E. Payne sets hearings to determine what Henrico schools should pay for failing to meet federal standards of care.
Those costs could exceed hundreds of thousands of dollars in school tuition and legal fees, lawyers in the case said yesterday.
The case was brought to a federal court two years ago and has been four years in the making and “represents a rare instance in which a family of a disabled child has been able to counter school system opposition to costly programs tailored to particular disabilities.”
More than a few details of this case parallel Charlie’s educational journey.
Read the rest of School system loses autism case: Judge faults Henrico for not taking child; ruling may cost hundreds of thousands.
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Autism Vox » Judge again rules in favor of family over school district
Jun 28, 2006 at 11:04 am
[…] Three weeks ago, the judge ruled against the Henrico County system, saying that it knowingly and repeatedly”failed to provide an appropriate education for the student, Reid Tutweiler (Autism Vox (May 27): Family Wins Case Against School District). In that decision, Payne found that the suburban Richmond school system, while saddled with “significant funding limitations,” nevertheless “reflects the inertia” with which provisions of federal disabilities and special-education laws have been carried out across the country. […]
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