DC News Now: DC agency lays out transportation plans for 2024-2025 school year; Some still skeptical
Mariel Carbone of DC News Now continues reporting on a lawsuit filed against DC’s Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) for failing to provide safe, reliable, and effective transportation to and from school for students with disabilities. Recent coverage based on a July 23rd court hearing.
An agency in D.C. (OSSE) laid out its transportation plans for the 2024-2025 school year in court on Tuesday after a group of parents sued the District for failing to provide safe, reliable transportation for students with disabilities.
“We’re hopeful OSSE will carry out the promises they put forward. They put a lot of new money and staffing into it,” said Kathy Zeisel, an attorney with the Children’s Law Center who is representing the families.
In court, attorneys for the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) shared an 11-page report detailing its process for the new school year.
The District is Failing to Provide Transportation for Students with Disabilities
Parents and guardians of children with disabilities living in the District of Columbia, along with The Arc of the United States, filed a class action lawsuit on March 7, 2024 against DC’s Office of the State Superintendent for Education for failing to provide safe, reliable and effective transportation to and from schools for children with disabilities, thereby denying students equal access to their education and unnecessarily segregating them from their peers.