Rayvaugh Jackson, a 6-year-old special education student in Chicago, reached an agreement to obtain transportation from Chicago Public Schools after a two-month legal battle.
Due to a developmental disability, Rayvaughn cannot travel to his nearby school alone. His grandmother and legal guardian, Mary Greenlee, who lives on a fixed income as a retiree, suffers from congestive heart failure and cannot take the boy herself.
Transportation to school was guaranteed under the terms of Rayvaughn’s Individual Education Plan, a legally binding agreement dictating services required by a special education student.
When bus service failed to arrive on Dec. 3 and repeated excuses eventually made clear that the bus would not come, Payne filed a federal lawsuit. Despite obtaining transportation, the discrimination lawsuit remains active.
Payne said CPS is “notorious for stalling and doing everything in its power to move things as slowly as possible.” Until recently, Chicago Public Schools was headed by Arne Duncan, the new Secretary of Education in the Obama Administration.
