Petties v. District of Columbia

OPINION

PAUL L. FRIEDMAN, District Judge.

This case is before the Court on plaintiffs’ motion to modify class certification and preliminary injunction. The Court concludes that plaintiffs’ motion should be granted.

I. BACKGROUND

On March 17, 1995, the Court certified a class defined as follows:

all [District of Columbia Public Schools (“DCPS”)] students currently placed in private special education schools or receiving special education and/or related services from a private third party provider, all [DCPS] students placed in public schools who currently are receiving related services from private…