A Virginia school district’s COVID closure discriminated against disabled students, the Department of Education announced Wednesday.
According to the department’s Office for Civil Rights, Fairfax County Public Schools cut essential services for its 25,000 disabled students and told teachers they did not have to meet educational standards while schools were closed. The district instructed teachers to pass students who had not completed work or participated in class throughout the yearlong closure that began in March 2020.
Fairfax County was one of many school districts in liberal counties that kept classrooms closed for over a year, even as evidence showed it was safe to resume in-person instruction
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