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Antioch Unified School District Settlement

Filing date

2015-03-25

Case type

Class Action

Location

California

This agreement addresses the District's failure to identify, evaluate and provide special education services and supports to African American students with disabilities, and the exclusion of African American students through excessive suspension and expulsion, and other forms of exclusionary discipline that unnecessarily deny students access to classroom instruction.

Case Files

Files	Filed by	Date of Filing
Complaint Title of Filing Complaint for Specific Performance of Settlement Agreement and Declaratory Relief	Plaintiffs	July 6, 2016
Interim Settlement Title of Filing Negotiated Interim Settlement Agreement		March 25, 2015

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