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Los Angeles Unified Takes Legal Step to Protect Special-Needs Students from Being Hurt by Strike
Los Angeles Unified School District today filed a legal application seeking approval to move forward with a complaint to prevent a strike that would deprive 60,000 students with special needs of the special-education support and services they rely on each day.
Los Angeles Unified provides special-education support and services to more than 60,000 students, many of whom have severe intellectual disabilities and serious health conditions.
“To protect more than 60,000 special-needs students, Los Angeles Unified is seeking approval to move forward with a complaint to prevent UTLA leadership and its members from engaging in a denial of services to special needs students during a strike,” General Counsel David Holmquist said. “A strike would be detrimental to students with disabilities and their families, depriving the students of the special-education support and services they rely on each day.”
These students are protected by federal and state special-education laws and Los Angeles Unified is monitored under a Federal Court Order known as the Modified Consent Decree (MCD) for special education.
In the event of a strike, these students’ health and safety would be in jeopardy. They could get hurt, hurt themselves, or hurt others.
To ensure that these students do not lose access to the critical services they need for their health and safety, and so that Los Angeles Unified remains in compliance with the MCD, Los Angeles Unified is seeking permission to move forward with a complaint to prevent the denial of services to students with disabilities during a strike.
Click here for a copy of the legal application.