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I UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
I DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT
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CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT E
OF EDUCATION, ET AL., :
Defendants. ; ‘
SCHEDULING ORDER REGARDING |
EXPERT ADVISORY PANEL ANNUAL COMMENT =
On March 2, 2004, the undersigned held a status conference i
at which the plaintiffs were represented by attorneys David C. I
Shaw and Frank J. Laski, and the defendants were represented by I
Assistant Attorney General Ralph E. Urban. Also present for the I
defendants were George Dowaliby, State of Connecticut Department \
of Education Bureau Chief, Bureau of Special Education and Pupil I
Services, and Ann Louise Thompson and Deborah Richards, i
consultants to the Bureau of Special Education and Pupil
Services. I
After lengthy negotiations, this case was resolved by a
Settlement Agreement filed on May 22, 2002. (Doc. #463.) The
Settlement Agreement requires, inter alia, the establishment of §
an Expert Advisory Panel ("EAP") to advise the parties and the I
court regarding the implementation of the Settlement Agreement;
l requires the defendants to submit annual written reports to the
court, to the EAP, and to the plaintiffs for review no later than
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June 30m of each year;1 and requires the EAP to submit annual i
written comment to the court, to the plaintiffs and to the
defendants. geg Doc. #463 at 5, 12.
The purpose of the March 2, 2004 status conference was to `
review the Expert Advisory Panel's revised annual written comment I
to the court submitted on January 30, 2004. In order to further i
the implementation of the Settlement Agreement, it is hereby
ORDERED: _ N
1. The EAP shall submit its next annual written comment to
the court, to the plaintiffs and to the defendants by no later 1
than July 30, 2004. {
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2. The defendants shall cause a copy of this order to be \
delivered to the EAP.
SO ORDERED this fzfgida of March, 2004 at Hartford, Q
Connecticut. 1 I
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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 1
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lThe Settlement Agreement required the defendants' first I
report to be filed on September 30, 2002. l