Judge ends federal oversight of special education in New Orleans schools

By: Safura Syed, Verite News

Outlets: Louisiana Illuminator

Published: April 5, 2026

Words: 1,025

Last Updated: 3 months, 3 weeks ago

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More than a decade of federal oversight of special education in New Orleans charter schools has ended, following a March 31 decision by U.S. District Judge Jay Zainey to terminate a sweeping consent judgment, which went into effect in early 2015.

That consent judgment resulted from a class-action lawsuit filed by parents of charter school students against the Louisiana Department of Education. In the years after Hurricane Katrina, the state took over the majority …

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