More than 80%. That’s how many young people in DC’s juvenile justice system have special education needs. But court-involved students with disabilities rarely receive the education to which they are legally entitled. Instead, without proper support, far too many students are pushed out of school and into the criminal legal system. Determined to change this trajectory, School Justice Project (SJP) champions the rights of these students. SJP is a DC-based special education legal services and advocacy organization dedicated to ensuring that older, court-involved students with disabilities receive a quality education, both during incarceration and throughout reentry. By integrating special education law into the juvenile and criminal court contexts, SJP works to build racial justice by increasing educational equity and decreasing the use of mass incarceration.
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