The Osseo Area Schools refused to accommodate her parents’ repeated requests for evening instruction, resulting in her receiving less instruction than her peers. The court below held that, because the ...

U.S. District Judge Michael Davis in Minneapolis in 2023 ordered the school district to extend Tharpe's instructional day until 6 p.m. and to provide compensatory hours of instruction.

The decision, A.J.T. vs. Osseo Area Schools, means K-12 students do not have to meet a higher standard of proof than others suing under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

But after the family moved to the Minneapolis area and Ava enrolled in the 18,600-student Osseo Area school district, officials told the family that it could not offer the same accommodations.

On Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in favor of Ava Tharpe, the plaintiff in A.J.T. v. Osseo Area Schools, a notable education and disability rights case on the Court’s current docket.

One of the cases up for a decision is a disability discrimination case involving a Minnesota family that sued Osseo Area Schools. The family has a daughter with severe epilepsy and cognitive ...

OSSEO, Wis. (WLAX/WEUX) – New this year, the Osseo-Fairchild School District is bringing Virtual Reality (VR) to the classroom. Osseo-Fairchild High School (OFHS) Technology and Engineering Instructor ...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Monday in a disability-rights appeal brought on behalf of a student and her parents against their school district, alleging their child did not receive ...

It is being closely watched by disability advocates and schools, with officials saying a ruling for the girl — identified as Ava in court filings — could make it easier for millions of ...

The case, A.J.T. v. Osseo Area Schools, No. 24-249, stemmed from a dispute over whether the Minnesota school district provided reasonable accommodations for Ava Tharpe, a teenage girl with severe ...

A.J.T. v. Osseo Area Schools, scheduled for arguments April 28, centers on whether students with disabilities must satisfy a particularly stringent legal standard to prove they faced ...

Osseo Area Schools will eliminate five mental health positions next school year, a move which comes three years after taxpayers approved millions of dollars a year in funding for several things ...