By Ryan Gray
An administrative ruling last fall in Chicago found that Illinois school districts aren't mandated to change private bus providers in the event a student suffers an on-board injury. The case, Chicago Sch. Dist. 299, 51 IDELR 145 (SEA IL 2008), arose when a teen student with multiple disabilities suffered minor indjures as a result of not being properly secured on the school bus. The hearing officer ruled that the school district was not required to use a different private company to transport the student in the future, but the district was ordered to provide one day of compensatory education to make up for the services the student missed while he was receiving medical treatment. The fact that a student with multiple disabilities suffered minor injuries after being improperly secured on the school bus did not require an Illinois district to contract with a different bus company. However, a hearing officer ordered the district to provide one day of compensatory education to make up for the services the student missed while he obtained medical treatment.
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