人兽性交 Sues Walton County School District for Disability Discrimination
WALTON COUNTY, Ga.聽鈥斅燭he Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交) recently filed both an聽聽and an聽聽against the Walton County School District. E.C., a Black middle school student with a disability, was asked by a white student to hand a vape pen to another white student. E.C. was the only student expelled and referred to juvenile court for prosecution. He was then denied the necessary support and services in the school district鈥檚 online alternative school program, which he struggles to access because of his disability.
鈥淭he Walton County School District disproportionately disciplines Black students and denies students with disabilities of their accommodations. Ignoring our requests to remedy this situation and serve the needs of our client, the school district has sought to avoid its legal obligations,鈥澛�says Eugene Choi,聽senior聽staff聽attorney, Southern Poverty Law Center. 鈥淭he school district鈥檚 unilateral acts against E.C. are not only discriminatory and retaliatory, but they are also short-sighted with real-world consequences to E.C.'s education and his ability to graduate and attend college. Thus, we have no choice but to litigate on behalf of E.C. and the many other students like him.鈥�
A Special Education Formal Complaint was previously filed against the Walton County School District in July with the Georgia Department of Education, which addressed ongoing individual and systemic violations. The state鈥檚 Department of Education ruled in favor of E.C. on every issue alleged in the complaint and ordered the school district to review and revise its policies, train its special education teachers and administrators, and submit its revised policies and training materials to the state for review. While that complaint was聽, E.C. continues to experience retaliation from the school district, jeopardizing his access to a free appropriate public education now and impacting his future college opportunities.
鈥淭hese complaints underscore the discriminatory school discipline practices affecting Black students and students with disabilities in the school district鈥檚 alternative school program,鈥澛�concluded Choi.
