{"id":26434,"date":"2021-08-04T12:35:39","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T16:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=26434"},"modified":"2021-08-11T15:51:31","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T19:51:31","slug":"breaking-news-justice-department-settles-with-florida-district-in-discrimination-class-removals-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/breaking-news-justice-department-settles-with-florida-district-in-discrimination-class-removals-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Justice Department Settles with Florida District in Class Removals Discrimination Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"Justice%20Department%20Settles%20with%20Florida%20District%20in%20Class%20Removals%20Discrimination%20Case\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\r\n<p>On August 3, 2021, the Department of Justice reached a settlement under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with Volusia County Schools (Florida) to address allegations that the district punished students with disabilities for disability-related behavior and denied them equal access to VCS\u2019 programs and services through unnecessary removals from the classroom. <br \/><br \/>Under the agreement, VCS will revise and implement policies and practices to comply with the ADA, particularly those relating to: <br \/><br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 * attendance and removals;<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 * discipline;<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 * law enforcement involvement; and <br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 * behavioral interventions and supports. <br \/><br \/>Volusia Schools will also:<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 * provide staff training on the ADA;<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 * retain an outside behavioral supports consultant; and<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 * establish an ADA complaint procedure and tracking system. <br \/><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/justice-department-settles-florida-s-volusia-county-school-district-protect-students\">DOJ News Release<\/a>: https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/justice-department-settles-florida-s-volusia-county-school-district-protect-students<br \/><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/press-release\/file\/1420811\/download\">Settlement Agreement:<\/a> https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/press-release\/file\/1420811\/download<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On August 3, 2021, the Department of Justice reached a settlement under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with Volusia County Schools (Florida) to address allegations that the district punished <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/breaking-news-justice-department-settles-with-florida-district-in-discrimination-class-removals-case\/\">Continue Reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[73,1370,208,1363,5,7,1364],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ada","category-discipline-behavior","category-discipline","category-discrimination-section-504-adaa","category-idea-2004","category-legal-news","category-school-administration-school-culture"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26434"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26469,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26434\/revisions\/26469"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}