Stamford 25-0239

Complaint Summary

Date:

June 20, 2025

Case Number:

25-0239

Grade Level:

High school

Person filing complaint:

Attorney

School District:

Stamford Public Schools (single student)

Allegation(s):

  • The Attorney alleged that the Student was parentally-placed at Eagle Hill School in Greenwich, Connecticut beginning with the commencement of the 2023-2024 school year and Stamford failed to convene a PPT meeting and develop, adopt, and implement a new IEP for the Student.
  • 34 CFR § 300.111 and Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies (RCSA) § 10-76d-6 requires that each board of education shall ensure that children with disabilities residing in their town, including children who are educated at home, homeless children, children who are wards of the state and children attending private schools, regardless of the severity of their disability, and who are in need of special education and related services, are located, identified and evaluated in accordance with the IDEA. This responsibility shall include cooperating with other agencies in a position to identify children with disabilities.

Conclusion(s):

  • The IDEA does not articulate the rules for determining a Student’s residency for the purposes of child find and other requirements under the IDEA, and therefore one must look to State law. Pursuant to the General Statutes of Connecticut § 10-186 a child residing in a dwelling in more than one town in Connecticut shall be considered a resident of each town in which the dwelling is located and may attend school in any one of such towns. Given that the Attorney informed the District that the Student resided in a dwelling in Stamford and a dwelling in Norwalk, it was reasonable for the District to require the Attorney, on behalf of the Parents, to identify the primary residence of the Student. Since neither the Attorney nor the Parents identified the District as the primary residence or registered the Student in the District during the 2023-24 school year, the District had no obligation to convene a PPT meeting. Thus, no violation of 34 CFR § 300.111 and RCSA § 10-76d-6 is found, and no corrective action is required.

Corrective Action(s):

  • No corrective actions ordered.