Disability advocates sue to keep kids in school

AP:

A plan to educate a handful of developmentally disabled students at the state-run center where they live, rather than in public school classrooms, has drawn a lawsuit from an advocacy group.

Disability Rights Washington contends that the planned change, due to take effect at the end of the month, violates state and federal laws against discrimination.

This year the Bremerton School District apparently decided it no longer had the classroom space to accommodate the students, who range in age from 13 to 20. The district reached agreement with the state Department of Social and Health Services, which runs the Frances Haddon Morgan Center, to open a classroom on the center's grounds.

"These children are being denied access to school purely because they have disabilities and live at an institution," said David Carlson, a lawyer for the advocacy group.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at November 26, 2007 12:00 AM
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