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Brookfield 24-0202

Complaint Summary

Date:

December 21, 2023

Case Number:

24-0202

Grade Level:

Elementary

Person filing complaint:

Parent

School District:

Brookfield Public Schools (single student)

Allegation(s):

  • Failure to provide in a timely way special education and related services in accordance with the Student’s IEP (34 CFR §§ 300.323(c)(2) and 300.17(d)), (RCSA § 10-76d-1(a)(3))

Conclusion(s):

  • Due to the District’s inability to secure a paraprofessional between October 6, 2023 through November 16, 2023, the District is in violation of 34 CFR § 300.101 and RCSA § 10-76d-1. The Connecticut State Department of Education recognizes the efforts that the District took to locate a paraprofessional for the Student between the start of the school year and November 16, 2023. The District also provided the Student with a substitute paraprofessional from the start of the school year until the Parent expressed her concerns on October 5, 2023.

Corrective Action(s):

  • The District is ordered to provide the Student with 3 hours of compensatory education with a special education teacher in order to compensate for the time the Student was without paraprofessional services.
  • The Student’s IEP will be corrected to have paraprofessional services only associated with active goals and objectives.