E.A.I. Faulted on Special-Ed. Compliance in Baltimore Schools

By Peter Schmidt

Education Alternatives Inc. failed to fully comply with federal special-education guidelines in its contract management of Baltimore schools, Maryland officials have concluded.

The Maryland education department announced last month that its probe of teachers' union complaints against the for-profit company found that E.A.I. had not followed some federally mandated procedures for serving students with disabilities.

Department officials faulted E.A.I. for mainstreaming some students without sufficient parental notice or consent and without enough...