April 10, 2018
A federal judge will evaluate a proposed deal Thursday under which the Michigan Department of Education would pay more than $4.1 million to jumpstart a program to provide screening services to children who may have been exposed to elevated lead levels as a result of the Flint water crisis.
September 29, 2017
A Michigan federal judge refused Friday to scrap a proposed class action against the state Department of Education and local schools alleging they systematically failed to provide proper services to Flint children with disabilities, students whose health was further jeopardized by longtime exposure to lead in the public water supply.
October 18, 2016
Families in Flint, Michigan, filed a proposed class action against the local school district and the state Department of Education in federal court Tuesday that alleges systemic failures to provide resources to children with disabilities whose health was further risked by longtime exposure to lead in the public water system.