(St. Paul, MN) — Minnesota will pay more than three million dollars to settle a class action lawsuit alleging the state illegally cut short special-ed services to as many as 32 hundred students.
The suit involved two students whose services were stopped on July 1st after they turned 21 years old.
The legal action was taken in 2020 by the Minnesota Disability Law Center, which argued that federal law requires instruction be provided to special-ed students up to their 22nd birthday.
Students will not get cash payments but instead will be eligible for classes that include courses like maintaining your home and using your bank account.
