Students with learning disabilities completing their educational cycle on a par with all other students to be reviewed [Equality.ie]
- Published: 15 September 2009
The Equality Authority welcomes an important decision by the Equality Tribunal in a case involving students with learning disabilities being compelled to complete their second level education cycle by their 18th birthday. The four complainants two aged 14, one aged 17 and 18 were represented by the Equality Authority. The Equality Officer, finding in favour of the claimants, requires that they be treated the same as mainstream students who do not face such age limits when completing their Leaving Certificate. The Department of Education and Science has been ordered to pay compensation totalling €10,000 euros amongst three of the claimants and to review its policy accordingly.
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