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Settlement Agreement • February 27th, 2024

• Contract Type
  Settlement Agreement
• Filed
  February 27th, 2024

In December 2020, the Educational Opportunities Section of the United States Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida (together, the “Department” or the “United States”) began reviewing allegations about the student discipline and law enforcement referral policies and practices of the Pasco County School District (the “District”). The United States opened an investigation into whether the District’s use of suspensions, threat assessments, and referrals to law enforcement deny students with disabilities access to the District’s programs and services in violation of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“Title II”), 42 U.S.C. § 12132.