EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Federal judge has ordered the Eugene School District to compensate for denying an autistic teenager proper evaluation and education.
The Register-Guard reports (https://is.gd/L0kRA5 ) the judge has ordered the school district to provide nearly 570 hours of compensatory schooling to the girl. The order says she spent two years at South Eugene High School with little to show for it.
Grace Williams says she and her parents asked the district repeatedly to place her on an Individualized Education Plan, or IEP, but the district took nearly two years to do that. During her two years at South, Williams said, she earned 1.5 credits. In Oregon, a student must earn 24 credits, or on average six a year, for a high school diploma.
U.S. District Judge Michael McShane says 19-year-old Williams was denied a free and appropriate public education and the district violated the federal Individual with Disabilities Education Act.
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Information from: The Register-Guard, https://www.registerguard.com
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