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Partial Settlement Reached in Ohio Special Education Lawsuit

October 22, 2009 1 min read
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The Ohio Department of Education must make sure the state’s school districts comply with federal special education requirements, according to a partial settlement reached this week in an 18-year-old class-action lawsuit, the Columbus Dispatch reports.

On Tuesday, a federal judge approved the deal designed to end the disparities in services for the 280,000 special education students across the state. The issue left unresolved is whether the state is correctly funding special education, the article said.

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A version of this news article first appeared in the On Special Education blog.

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