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- Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
P.B., et al. v. Brumley
New Orleans Special Education Students with disabilities were denied access to New Orleans public schools and often pushed into schools that failed to provide them with a free and appropriate education as required by federal mandate. The Southern Poverty Law Center and a coalition of advocacy groups first filed an administrative complaint against the Louisiana…
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- Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
A.M. v. Jackson Public Schools
A.M. v. Jackson Public Schools Public schools in Jackson, Miss., often failed to provide students with disabilities the services mandated by federal law and needed for these students to succeed in the classroom. The Southern Poverty Law Center filed a formal complaint on behalf of these students with the Mississippi Department of Education. The complaint…
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- Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
- Ending Unjust Imprisonment
Hillsborough County Special Education
Hillsborough County Special Education Students with mental disabilities in Hillsborough County, Florida endured a culture of neglect and overly harsh discipline that robbed them of an education and pushed them along a path to incarceration. The school district failed to provide the counseling, social work and psychological services required by the Individuals with Disabilities Education…
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- Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
Palm Beach County Special Education
Palm Beach County Special Education Students with disabilities in Palm Beach County endured a culture of neglect and overly harsh discipline that robbed them of an education and pushed them along a path to incarceration. The school district failed to provide the counseling, social work and psychological services required by the Individuals with Disabilities Education…
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- Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
Holmes County Class Administrative Complaint Regarding Special Education
Holmes County School District The Holmes County School District in Mississippi was systematically violating the rights of students with disabilities by failing to provide them with the educational services they deserve under federal law. This led to some students in special education being five grade levels behind in reading and math. Students with disabilities but…
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- Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
East Baton Rouge Special Education
East Baton Rouge Special Education In May 2006, the Southern Poverty Law 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 East Baton Rouge Parish. The agreement, benefiting as many as 300 children,…
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- Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
Jefferson Parish Special Education
Jefferson Parish Special Education In August 2005, the Southern Poverty Law 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…
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- Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
Mattie T. et al. v. Johnson
Mattie T. et al. v. Johnson In 1975, the original Mattie T. class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of all Mississippi students with disabilities and those suspected of having disabilities. The action challenged the Mississippi Department of Education’s (MDE) failure to ensure that local school districts identified, evaluated and provided appropriate educational services to…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
- Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
Penny Doe v. Richardson
Penny Doe v. Richardson When a homeless African American teenager was denied admission to two separate schools in north Alabama in 1998, the Center sued on her behalf. The teenager had been refused admission to one school because of her homeless status and steered away from another because she is African American. Two weeks later,…
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