School broke law when declining to enroll autistic boy

School broke law when declining to enrol autistic boy

Monday, September 9th, 2019

Sacred Heart College declined a place for an autistic boy.

Initially, it cited “high numbers of applicants”. Later it changed its explanation and said the boy wasn’t offered a place because he was not Catholic enough. Read more

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News category: New Zealand, News Shorts.

Tags: autism, Catholic Education, Ombudsman

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