HONOLULU (AP) — Attorneys say a $4.4-million settlement in a Hawaii autism lawsuit could have implications for children nationwide. HONOLULU (AP) — Attorneys say a $4.4-million settlement in a Hawaii autism lawsuit could have implications for children nationwide. ADVERTISING Hawaii
HONOLULU (AP) — Attorneys say a $4.4-million settlement in a Hawaii autism lawsuit could have implications for children nationwide.
Hawaii is paying to settle a lawsuit filed in 2000 by a couple who say the state Department of Education failed to give their two daughters appropriate autism-specific services in the 1990s.
Attorneys say the suit could have far-reaching implications for other special-needs students who have not received educational services as federal law requires.
Levin Education Project attorney Susan Dorsey says the rest of the country will be looking at this decision.
Pending approvals by the state Legislature, governor and Board of Education, the money will go into a trust for the sisters, Natalie and Michelle Horsley, now 20 and 21.
