Date(s) of Disposition:
none.
Complaint
: Due Process Complaint
Stipulation
: Joint Stipulation
Settlement
: Mediated settlement agreement
Policy
: Jefferson Parish Public School System Corrective Action Plan
This case is part of The Center's Schoolhouse to Jailhouse project, an ongoing effort to stop the flow of children from schools to jails.
In August 2005, the Center, along with attorneys from the Southern Disability Law Center and the Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana, obtained a class-wide settlement agreement affecting all special education students with Emotional Disturbance in Jefferson Parish.
The agreement, benefiting as many as 1,000 children, requires major systemic changes including:
- improvements in the education provided to those with emotional disturbances,
- reform of the parish's overly harsh disciplinary procedures,
- counseling for emotionally disturbed children,
- and the provision of job training and other services to help high school students transition into jobs upon graduation.
