Complaint Summary

Date Findings Report Sent

January 22, 2026

Case number

26-0304

School District

Greenwich Public Schools

Person filing the complaint

Parent

Grade Level

Middle

Allegation(s)

• 34 CFR §§ 300.323(c)(2) and 300.17 RCSA § 10-76d-1(a)(1) failure to provide in a timely way special education and related services in accordance with the student’s IEP.
• 34 CFR § 300.320(a)(3)(i) failure for the IEP to include description of how the child’s progress toward meeting the annual goals will be measured.
• 34 CFR § 300.613(a) and RCSA §10-76d-18 failure to provide parents the right to inspect and review any education records relating to their child which are collected, maintained or used by the board of education. (1) A request to inspect and review a child’s records shall be in writing. The board of education shall comply with a request to review and inspect the child’s education records without unnecessary delay and before any meeting regarding an IEP or any due process hearing or resolution session held in accordance with the IDEA; otherwise, the board of education shall comply with such request not later than ten days of such request. (2) The parents’ right to inspect and review the child’s records shall include the right to one free copy of those records. A request for the free copy shall be made in writing. The board of education shall comply with such request not later than ten days of such request.
• 34 CFR § 300.322(a)(2) and RCSA §10-76d-12 failure to take steps to ensure that one or both of the parents of a child with a disability are present at each PPT meeting or are afforded the opportunity to participate, including scheduling the meeting at a mutually agreed on time and place.

Conclusion(s)

While the location of reading and writing services are reported to be consistent with the IEP, the information provided by the District cannot verify that the delivery of these services is consistent with the IEP. No goals or objectives appear to have been introduced until an unspecified date between September 15, 2025, and October 3, 2025. Between English Skills and Academic Lab services, the Student attends 12.5 sessions per week and has attended 162.5 sessions over the course of 13 weeks. This provides for 162.5 opportunities, but only 32 instances of actual documentation of service for the first 63 days of school. Through the course of this investigation it was discovered that one of the Student’s writing goals (Writing Goal 1) had been carried over from the IEP created on April 24, 2024, with coinciding lapsed dates. Despite the goal having been implemented for over a year prior, the progress monitoring records provided by the District indicate that the goal and accompanying objectives were not introduced until October 27, 2025, at the earliest. Additionally, there is conflicting information regarding when objectives have been introduced. For example, progress monitoring data shows an entry for Writing 1.3 between 10/27-11/7, but the Progress Report dated November 14, 2025, indicates that this objective has not yet been introduced. Of compounding confusion is that the objectives are scaffolded, but monitoring does not seem to adhere to any embedded timelines as written in the IEP. Finally, as the progress monitoring schedule has not been followed on 11 out of 12 reading and writing objectives from August 29, 2025, through December 5, 2025, the District is in violation of 34 CFR §§ 300.320(a)(3)(i), 300.323(a), 300.323(c)(2) and 300.17, and RCSA § 10-76d-1(a)(1). Corrective action will follow.

In response to the Parent’s request for educational records, within three days, the District provided all documents that they collected and maintained starting August 29, 2025, through the date of the request. The District, upon learning that the documents had not been successfully transmitted, again sent them five days later. As federal and state laws require parental access to education records relating to their child which are collected, maintained or used by the board of education, and these were provided within the ten-day time period, the District is not in violation of 34 CFR § 300.613(a) and RCSA §10-76d-18.

The District reached out to the Parent on multiple occasions requesting their availability to schedule a PPT meeting for the purpose of reviewing and revising the Student’s IEP. However, the Parent responded that they would not attend for reasons cited in the Findings of Fact. Additionally, no PPT meeting was held between August 29, 2025, and December 5, 2025. Therefore, the District is not in violation of 34 CFR § 300.322(a)(2) and RCSA §10-76d-12.

Corrective Action(s)

The District is to provide the Student with 840 minutes of compensatory English Skills/Academic Lab services to address the reading and writing goals in the IEP. The District can utilize District staff or contract with an agency. If the District and the Parent encounter a disagreement regarding the scheduling of services, the District shall contact this office, and the investigator will make a determination. The Parent is free to decline the offer of compensatory services in whole or in part.

The District is required to provide training to case managers on IEP service implementation and progress monitoring. This training may be incorporated into regular staff professional development. An agenda for the training, along with a list of attendees, must be submitted to this office.

The District must convene a PPT meeting to review and revise the Student’s reading and writing goals and objectives, ensuring that all information is accurately dated, reflective of current performance, and anticipated for mastery in alignment with the Student’s next annual review PPT.