Moore case to go to appeal.

We have just learned that the Jeffrey Moore Learning Disabilities case is being appealed to the B.C. Court of Appeals.
We would like to thank the Moore family for their perseverance in taking this issue forward.
By continuing to pursue this battle for equality they and their legal team are also standing up for thousands of students and their families across Canada who struggle to access education in our under-funded public schools.

EEAN's pleased that Mr. Rick Moore has decided to appeal this month's B.C. Supreme Court decision which overturned Mr. Moore's previous win at the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal.

Mr. Moore started legal action a dozen years ago on behalf of his son with dyslexia, Jeff, who was still struggling to read in Grade 3. Jeff was referred to a special centre in North Vancouver for help, only a few days before the centre was closed to save the district money. Mr. Moore testified that he was advised that he should transfer his son to an independent school, which he did. Moore claimed that the school board's failure to teach his son to read amounted to discrimination and the human rights tribunal agreed, after a public hearing. But that decision was overturned earlier this month by the B.C. Supreme Court.

Parents in Nova Scotia hope that if this case is overturned by the B.C. Court of Appeal, and the court supports the original Human Rights view, then it will not doubt have broad implications about how Departments of Education in all provinces need to act when it comes to providing proper supports for children with learning disabilities.

All special education advocates and and concerned citizens to encouraged to sign an online petition for special education available at

www.ipetitions.com/petition/ldabc

The petition presently has 2000 signatures, but they would like to get 10,000