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LAUSD charter schools fail to make the grade in area of disabilities

  • 02-23-2010
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By Connie Llanos/Los Angeles Daily News

None of the 29 Los Angeles Unified charter schools examined in a study released Monday met state and federal standards aimed at making campuses accessible to disabled students, and some even lacked wheelchair-friendly bathrooms and walkways. The study by a federally appointed independent monitor also revealed that the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety, which determines whether schools are compliant with these laws, is not making proper inspections. An independent monitor was appointed in 2003 to oversee a federal consent decree imposed on the school district to improve special education services. (more...)

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