Education - transportation

Reversed - DCF did not have reasonable cause to believe the child was neglected where (1) Appellant was not involved in the child being left home alone, (2) the child’s daycare had no protective concerns outside of isolated incidents where the parents were late to picking up the child, and (3) the…

DCF did not have reasonable cause to believe the child was neglected where the appellant was not involved in the child being left home alone, the child’s daycare had no protective concerns outside of isolated incidents where the parents were late to picking up the child, and the four police…

Affirmed - DCF had reasonable cause to support the 51A decision for neglect against the Appellant (a professional driver of children to and from a special education program). The Appellant ("GP") failed to follow the established policy of the transportation company he worked for to ensure that all…

Reversed - DCF did not have reasonable cause to find neglect when, while there would typically be cause to believe neglect was present related to a child’s truancy, the truancy was directly related to special circumstances where (1) there was a change in psychiatric services to the child, (2) the…

Reversed - DCF did not have reasonable cause to support a finding of neglect because 1) Appellant mother was having difficulty with her son who started attending school inconsistently after beginning a relationship with a student who had a long history of truancy 2) Appellant mother was…

Affirmed - DCF had reasonable cause to support a finding of educational neglect because 1) the Appellant grandmother and legal guardian failed to make any reasonable attempts to seek out the appropriate services to help the child and failed to make use of services when they were offered to her 2)…

Affirmed - DCF had reasonable cause to support a finding of neglect by the Appellant when he failed to sufficiently secure the car seat for the child at the daycare he was working at. The seat came loose and fell across the van onto the floor while the van was in motion. The Hearing Officer found…

Affirmed - DCF had reasonable cause to support allegations of neglect where a driver hired by a daycare failed to drop off a young child, and left the child unattended in the vehicle for 5-10 minutes before being alerted to the issue. DCF’s determination that this relatively short period of time…