LOS ANGELES—Children’s rights organizations have filed suit in the California Supreme Court to force the Los Angeles Unified School District to resume in-person instruction for special needs students following the suspension of all such learning amid soaring COVID-19 case numbers.
In the petition, Los Angeles nonprofits Alliance for Children’s Rights and Learning Rights Law Center contend that LAUSD violated a state law that requires education agencies to offer in-person instruction and provide “the appropriate resources to avoid learning loss, prevent behavioral regression, and protect students’ mental health and well-being.'’
