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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe it’s a simple as the coverup was worse than the crime?

According to one blog, FCPS tried to withhold documents from OCR.  A whistle-blower alerted OCR to this.  I’m guessing the settlement helped avoid possible prosecution of high-level FCPS employees?

Here is the Blog link:

Fairfax County Public Schools Withheld Records from Office of Civil Rights; FCPS Didn’t Provide Full Response to OCR’s Investigation Data Request

https://specialeducationaction.com/fairfax-county-public-schools-withheld-records-from-office-of-civil-rights-fcps-didnt-provide-full-response-to-ocrs-investigation-data-request/
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It’s interesting that part of the OCR statement includes a reference to evidence that FCPS falsified logs of services provided to students with disabilities.

This is interesting because, if true, this could *potentially* involve Medicaid fraud.  Many students with disabilities are also on Medicaid.  School systems in Virginia are allowed to bill Medicaid for OT, PT and Speech.  If FCPS was billing Medicaid for services never provided, that is profoundly serious.  As in, jail time serious.

Possible they are hoping that an OCR settlement will put a lid on the Medicaid fraud?  But HHS could still in theory launch an investigation if they wanted to.

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