Lawsuit seeks to raise age for public special education
July 28, 2010 in Special Needs News by Admin Dawn
The Hawaii Disability Rights Center filed a class-action lawsuit yesterday seeking to extend special-education services in public schools for students until they turn 22.
The cutoff is now 20.
“The concern is that disabled students in Hawaii are being deprived of an education after age 20,” said John Dellera, executive director of the center. “Throughout most of the country, disabled students have the right to an education … until they’re 21 or 22.”
The state Department of Education declined comment because officials had not yet reviewed the lawsuit.
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