ACLU, RI Legal Services file federal complaint against PPSD. Here’s what it says.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island and Rhode Island Legal Services announced on Wednesday they filed a federal complaint against the Providence Public School District for allegedly failing to give parents of special education students important documents on services they may receive.According to a news release, the complaint, filed with the US Department of Education, states that the documents "contain student test protocols, which include notes and observations of evaluators that form the basis of reports on the services that must be provided to address the child's special educational needs.""The complaint, on behalf of a Providence parent and her child, was filed as a class administrative complaint on behalf of all children with disabilities or suspected disabilities in the school district," the release said. "The school district has…