#gnets

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Yesterday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions was questioned by the Senate Judiciary Committee as part of regular oversight. For over five hours, he answered questions about sexual orientation, gender,…

The plaintiffs argue that students in Georgia don’t have time to wait and see if the Department of Justice lawsuit moves forward. It has been over two years since the Department of Justice under Obama filed the original injunction against the state of Georgia, and little has changed for GNETS students since then.

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Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against 'Drop Out Factories for Abandoned Kids'

Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against ‘Drop Out Factories for Abandoned Kids’

Yesterday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions was questioned by the Senate Judiciary Committee as part of regular oversight. For over five hours, he answered questions about sexual orientation, gender, race, drug policy, Russia, fetal tissue sales and many other topics. Remarkably, no one asked him about the Justice Department’s progress on disability issues. Sessions did say, at one point, that the…

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The Georgia Advocacy office encourages people to submit public comments on GNET rule changes

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Proposed DOE changes mean any child with a disability and behavioral challenges may be placed in segregated GNETS settings.

[awn-network]

These advocates in Georgia are taking matters into their own hands.

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Lawsuit alleging Georgia “has discriminated against thousands of public school students with disabilities by providing them with a separate and unequal education” via GNETS has been filed in federal court

“The state of Georgia is unique in having established a state-wide educational program—GNETS—that systematically segregates students with behavioral disabilities across the state. Over 5,000 students with disabilities, the disproportionate majority of whom are students of color, have been sent to the GNETS centers”

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A federal lawsuit alleging that Georgia discriminates against students with disabilities is on hold indefinitely. U.S. District Judge Eleanor L. Ross issued a stay earlier this month in the case, which seeks to abolish the Georgia Network for Educational and Therapeutic Services. The network, known as GNETS, serves thousands of...

[autisticadvocacy]

Students at the center of an unresolved U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit alleging illegal segregation of those with disabilities say they are stuck on computers and learning little.

Georgia's GNETS program violates the ADA and traps students with disabilities in segregated environments