Parents Allege Philadelphia Transferred Students Because Of Autism

The Philadelphia Inquirer (6/21, Graham) reports that the parents of four autistic students are suing the Philadelphia School District alleging that it "is illegally moving the children from school to school based solely on their disability. At issue is the district's Automatic Autism Transfer Policy, which mandates that students with autism move to another school at the end of third and fifth grades. Non-autistic students do not have to move." The plaintiffs "claim the district is violating state and federal law by transferring students simply because they are autistic."