Settlement expected in Birch School probe [1]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – R.I. Education Commissioner Deborah Gist said Wednesday a settlement is expected shortly in response to a federal investigation which found a Providence school violated students' civil rights.

A U.S. Department of Justice probe found disabled students at Providence's Birch Vocational School worked long hours for low wages and were given few, if any, opportunities to integrate into the actual workforce.

The scathing report indicates the closest experience some Birch students were offered to transitioning into the workforce was helping to empty the school’s trash.

 

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