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Greenwich 25-0220

Complaint Summary

Date:

December 20, 2024

Case Number:

25-0220

Grade Level:

High school

Person filing complaint:

Parent

School District:

Greenwich Public Schools (Single Student)

Allegation(s):

  • The Parent alleges that the District was aware that the Student’s needs were not being met and violated their Child Find obligations by not referring the Student for special education and related services prior to the Parent’s referral in April 2024 (34 CFR § 300.111 and RCSA § 10-76d-7).

Conclusion(s):

  • The District should have initiated a prompt referral to a PPT to consider an initial evaluation to determine whether the Student was eligible for services as a student with a disability prior to the Parent’s request for a PPT meeting on April 3, 2024. The accumulated absences, unsatisfactory grades, and the Student’s refusal/lack of response to the 504 accommodations, indicated that the Student may have needed specialized instruction in order to make progress in the general education curriculum. It is determined that the District had enough information to refer the Student to a PPT to consider an initial evaluation to determine whether the Student was eligible as a student with a disability in February 2024 following the second marking and the Student’s 504 meeting which reviewed her limited progress and engagement. It is therefore concluded that the District violated their child find obligations as outlined in 34 CFR § 300.111 and RCSA § 10-76d-7. Corrective action is required.

Corrective Action(s):

  • The District must provide the Student with compensatory education services in order to place the Student in the position she would have obtained but for the District’s failure to act upon their child find obligations. The Student is to be provided compensatory education services in alignment with the recommendations of the PPT meeting held on June 5, 2024, in which the Student was found eligible for special education and related services. 
  • The District must provide building and special education administrators across the District with training on their child find obligations in accordance with 34 CFR § 300.111 and RCSA § 10-76d-7. Included in this training must be a review of the regulations as well as a review of this final report.