A Pennsylvania nonprofit has closed its investigation at Jamison Elementary in the Central Bucks School District, according to a December letter to a school district attorney.
Members of Disability Rights Pennsylvania, a nonprofit with federal authority to investigate on behalf of people with disabilities, had visited Central Bucks in February 2025 after allegations of illegal restraints and other concerns in a special needs classroom were reported by this news organization. A resulting report published by investigators in April, based on interviews and district records, described a number of problems with an autistic support classroom at Jamison, finding that students “experienced abuse, neglect, illegal restraints, use of aversive techniques, and disability discrimination.”
DRP members had also found that district staff failed to properly report child abuse concerns and that a “culture of distrust and fear of retaliation” contributed to the district’s mishandling of the case once concerns were reported to administrators. Investigators with the nonprofit wrote that they opted to make the April report public in part because of “inaction” from district administrators regarding the allegations…