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Thanks to Cris Barrish & @whyynews.bsky.social for covering our recent settlement with the Delaware Dept. of Education to address long-standing failures to provide legally mandated special education services to incarcerated young adults with disabilities.

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Screenshot of article on WHYY news website with headline reading "First State Focus: Delaware settles lawsuit that alleged 'systemic failures' with how state provides special education services for prisoners" and the subheadline "The state's consent decree with the Community Legal Aid Society will be monitored by an independent evaluator and U.S. District Court" above a byline for reporter Cris Barrish and a photo of a classroom at James T. Vaughn Correctional Facility in Delaware.
January 13, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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CLASI's Disability Rights Delaware program and public interest law firm Terris, Pravlik & Millian, LLP have secured a major settlement with the Delaware Dept. of Education to reform the special education system for incarcerated students with disabilities. Learn more ➡️ www.declasi.org/news-and-sto...
Graphic with photo of CLASI and TPM attorneys in front of the federal courthouse in Wilmington, Delaware with text reading: "CASE VICTORY. Settlement secures critical special education reforms for incarcerated students in Delaware. CLASI and public interest firm TPM have reached a major settlement with the Delaware Department of Education to overhaul special education in the state’s prison system after years of systemic failures to provide legally mandated instruction and services to students with disabilities." At the bottom are the CLASI and TPM logos. Graphic with text reading: "We filed this lawsuit because it was past time for the state of Delaware to make real, lasting changes in the provision of special education to incarcerated students with disabilities. Providing incarcerated students with the educational services they are entitled to benefits not just these students, but the entire community through reduction in recidivism and increased employment opportunities. Kym Davis Rogers, Legal Director, Disability Rights Delaware, Community Legal Aid Society, Inc."  Graphic with text reading: "Protecting the rights of students with disabilities is essential for those in correctional facilities, where young people experience disabilities at far higher rates than their peers. This consent decree is a major step forward to remedying longstanding issues. It moves Delaware toward compliance with the law to ensure that incarcerated students can access the special education and related services they need. We are committed to working with Delaware to make these rights a reality. Todd Gluckman, Partner, Terris, Pravlik & Millian, LLP."  Graphic with text reading: "We hope now there will be real accountability and policies in place so that other families won’t have to endure what we’ve been through, and these students can get the education and skills they need to be successful in the future. It’s been a very challenging time for my son and our family trying to get him the education he is entitled to, and sometimes we felt like giving up. We kept going because we wanted other families to know that their children have the right to an education. Denise Hampton, Parent/Advocate"
December 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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We're grateful to Rep. McBride @mcbride.house.gov for her steadfast support of our work, and for shining a light on the impact of HUD's abrupt decision to end funding for CLASI (and nonprofits nationwide) to enforce fair housing laws and help people access and maintain safe, affordable housing.
mcbride.house.gov Congresswoman Sarah McBride @mcbride.house.gov · Mar 12
After I learned that DOGE terminated CLASI's fair housing enforcement grant — about 4% of its annual budget — I took to the House floor to highlight the real-world impact of the decades of work by Delaware's sole enforcer of federal fair housing laws. (2/2)
Congresswoman Sarah McBride Floor Speech on Community Legal Aid Society of Delaware
YouTube video by Congresswoman Sarah McBride
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March 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM