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Displacement of students, school evaluations violate federal law, Arizona education agency says
The state says families were denied full placement options as ASDB moved students and faced a special monitor over corrective actions.
- The Arizona State Department found ASDB violated federal disability law by predetermining student placements during its Tucson campus closure, denying families meaningful participation in the process.
- Facing a projected $3 million deficit, ASDB initiated cost-cutting measures that included closing its 56-acre West Speedway Boulevard campus and directing blind and residential students to attend schools within their home districts.
- According to a July 10 letter to Superintendent Annette Reichman, investigators concluded that ASDB's predetermination of Individual Education Program placements violated the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
- The Department appointed a special monitor to oversee corrective actions, requiring ASDB to respond to the state's investigative findings by August 28.
- Beginning August 3, the Tucson School will serve grades K-12 for about 15 students, nearly all of whom are former ASDB learners seeking new educational alternatives.
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Displacement of students, school evaluations violate federal law, Arizona education agency says
The Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind violated federal disability law last spring when it restricted placement options for students and predetermined where they should attend, the Arizona State Department of Education says.
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