Individual Student. Action Item 2
Individual Student. Hawaii DOE shall send a letter to the parents of the student who is the subject of the complaints that includes an assurance of Hawaii DOE’s commitment to respond appropriately to complaints of discrimination based on disability in any Hawaii DOE program, service, or activity and the steps it will take as part of this agreement.
Individual Student a. For the duration of the Student’s enrollment in the District, with respect to District-controlled facilities, the District will continue to treat the Student the same as other female students in all respects in the education programs and activities offered by the District, including access to sex-designated facilities for female students at school, and at all District-sponsored activities, including overnight events, try-outs and participation in extracurricular activities on and off campus, consistent with her gender identity.2 However, the Student may request access to private facilities based on privacy, safety, or other concerns.
1 The District may utilize a consultant it has previously engaged, provided the individual or agency has the appropriate expertise. 2 With respect to District-sponsored or organized programs that take place in third party facilities outside of the District’s control, if the District learns that the Student has been denied access to sex-designated facilities for female students, the District will notify the third party or appropriate agency and cease contracting with or providing significant assistance to the third-party until appropriate policy changes are made.
b. The District will ensure that the Student is not disciplined for acting or appearing in a manner that does not conform to stereotypical notions of masculinity or femininity. This Agreement does not preclude the District from applying its disciplinary procedures to any student, including the Student, in a nondiscriminatory manner.
c. The District will notify the Student and the Complainant that they may, at any point during the Student’s enrollment in the District, request that the District develop a Student Success Plan (SSP) to ensure the Student has equal access and equal opportunity to participate in all programs and activities, and is otherwise protected from gender-based discrimination at school. If the District receives such a request, it will:
i. offer the Student and Complainant an opportunity to involve relevant individuals in the formation of the SSP including, an advocate or representative of the Complainant’s choice (if any), a medical professional of the Complainant’s choice (if any), and District personnel familiar with the Student;3
ii. develop a SSP to provide the Student with safe and equitable access to all school and District facilities and activities, addressing any particular issues raised by the Student or Complainant; iii. document its meet...
Individual Student. 1) Within 30 calendar days of the date of this Agreement, the District shall draft a letter, for OCR’s review and approval, to the parent of the student who is the subject of this complaint. The letter will express regret for the experience that the student had in the Boys and Girls Club program during the 2016–2017 and 2017- 2018 school years, related to the student’s disability. The letter will contain an assurance by the District that should the student return to the District, he will be provided any necessary auxiliary aids and services in the Boys and Girls Club program so that he may be provided an equal opportunity to participate in the program.
2) Within 30 calendar days of the date of this Agreement, the District shall reimburse the parent of the student for the cost of the Boys and Girls Club program, from May 13, 2017, through November 8, 2017.
Individual Student. 1. By August 26, 2016, the District will expunge from the Student’s discipline record that it maintains the suspensions from December X, 2015, March XX, 2016, and April X, 2016, which arose from incidents related to physical education.
2. By August 26, 2016, the District will amend Student’s attendance records such that any unexcused absences or tardies for 0 period and 6th period are marked excused.
3. By August 26, 2016, the District will amend Student’s attendance records such that all absences on the following days will be marked excused: 10/XX/2015, 11/XX/2015, 12/XX/2015, 01/XX/2016, 01/XX/2016, 01/XX/2016, 02/XX/2016, 02/XX/2016, 03/XX/2016, 04/XX/2016, 04/XX/2016, and 04/XX/2016.
4. By August 26, 2016, the District will transmit amended discipline and attendance records to XXXX XXXX XXXXX XXXX School District, with a cover letter indicating that there are errors in those records, which have been corrected in the amended records.
5. By August 26, 2016, the District will make an offer to XXXX XXXX XXXXX XXXX School District to pay for a comprehensive psychoeducational evaluation of the Student, including academic assessments.
6. By September 23, 2016, the District will convene a meeting which will include the Student’s parents and school staff persons with the relevant knowledge to evaluate and determine whether the Student needs compensatory education as a result of absences during the 2015-2016 school year. If so, within one week of its determination, the group will develop a plan for providing timely compensatory and/or remedial services with a completion date not to extend beyond the end of the 2016-2017 school year.
Individual Student. 1. By December 1, 2016, the Recipient will offer the Student (XXXXXXX XXXXXXX) in writing the opportunity to be readmitted to the school (“School”).
2. The Recipient will reconsider its previous decision denying the Student’s appeal of the School’s termination of his financial aid. The Student will be notified that he can provide current information explaining the basis for his appeal and he will be provided at least 30 days to submit that information. By December 31, 2016, the School will issue a written decision taking into account the additional information and explaining the reasons for granting or denying the Student’s appeal.
3. The Recipient will not reinstate any previous tuition charges or fees, including the “drop- termination fee,” but may charge the Student a pro-rated tuition amount for the remaining hours he needs to complete the program.
Individual Student. 1. By November 30, 2016, after providing proper written notice to the Student’s parent/guardian, a group of knowledgeable persons, including the parent/guardian, will determine whether the Student needs compensatory and/or remedial services as a result of the District’s failure to provide appropriate regular and/or special education or related services during the 2015-2016 school year. If so, within one week of its determination, the group will develop a plan for providing timely compensatory and/or remedial services with a completion date not to extend beyond the end of the 2016- 2017 school year. The District will provide the Student’s parent/guardian notice of the procedural safeguards including the right to challenge the group’s determination through an impartial due process hearing.
2. By October 31, 2016, the District will confirm to OCR and the Complainant that all of the Student’s teachers for the 2016-2017 school year have received the Student’s most current IEP and that the the Student’s case manager has reviewed with each teacher their obligations regarding implementation of the Student’s IEP.
Individual Student. 1. By November 30, 2016, the District will expunge the Student’s suspension regarding the May X, 2016 incident from the Student’s discipline record that it maintains.
2. By December 14, 2016, the District will transmit amended discipline records to Xxxxxxx Union High School District, with a cover letter indicating that there was an error in those records, which has been corrected in the amended records.
Individual Student. 1. By September 1, 2016, the District will convene an individualized education program (IEP) meeting for the Student to include a discussion of his participation in the reading incentive program at XXXX XXXXXXX Elementary School. If appropriate, the IEP team will discuss any accommodations or modifications needed to support his participation in the incentive program.
2. By September 15, 2016, the District will provide OCR with a copy of the IEP, including the meeting notes and signature page, documenting that the District took all appropriate actions required under Section I.1.
Individual Student. 1. The District will provide the Complainant/Student, and respondent with a written notice of the outcome of the investigation the District completed in XXXXX 2015, including the steps taken to investigate the complaint, a summary of the factual information gathered, its determination as to whether discrimination, including harassment, occurred, the reasons for its decisions, any remedial and corrective actions it has taken or will take, if applicable, and any appeal rights, if applicable.
