Revisiting Larry P. v. Riles – A CASP Convention 2006 Report

Presented by Holly Evans-Pongratz and Bernard Yaklin of the California Department of Education

Review by: Kit Galvin, school psychologist, Evergreen Elementary School District

Editor’s note: CASP continues to receive calls from school psychologists who have questions regarding the testing of African-American students for Special Education purposes. At CASP Convention 2006, Holly Evans-Pongratz and Bernard Yaklin of the Special Education Division of the state Department of Education presented the Department’s interpretation of current law on the matter. This is a summary of the presentation made at the Convention. The hand-out that was included with the presentation may be found at www.casponline.org; click on FAQs or What’s New on the left-hand side of the home page, scroll down to Assessing African-American Students and click on California Department of Education Larry P. Handouts.

In addition to an excellent presentation that incorporated Disproportionality and Larry P., speakers Holly Evans-Pongratz and Bernard Yaklin included a handout that will be a valuable resource. It included a copy of the CDE Legal Advisory from Bill Honig, Superintendent of Public Instruction, dated 9/10/92, on the subject, “Analysis of Judge Peckham’s August 31, 1992 decision in Larry P. v. Riles and Crawford V. Honig,” in addition to the 8/20/97 Memorandum from Leo Sandoval, Assistant Superintendent of Public

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