OAKLAND -- A Vietnamese-speaking parent whose high school-age son was suspended, expelled and denied evaluation for special education because his school didnt provide adequate interpretation or translation services has won new rules requiring the services as part of a civil-rights complaint brought in 2009. Without any debate or discussion, the school board last month approved a sweeping new written policy assuring translation and interpretation services for those who dont understand English. The new policy comes four years after the school district signed an agreement with the U.S. Department of Educations Office for Civil Rights to resolve the problem. As part of the agreement, the district was supposed to have the new policy ready by Nov. 1, 2009. Four years is too long, obviously, and there is no good explanation for that, said school district spokesman Troy Flint. We were in constant contact with the Office for Civil Rights. Its not something we forgot about.
Posted on: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 05:38:38 +0000
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