Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2023
Florida voucher-program ownership controversy
Florida ended voucher-program eligibility for four Spring Education Group-owned private schools after raising concerns about their ownership by Primavera Capital Group and the background of its chairman, Fred Hu. Hu denied membership in the Chinese Communist Party.
2019
Spring Education agrees to settlement over disability discrimination allegations
Settlement
Spring Education agreed to pay $18,000 to a girl and her family and a $30,000 civil penalty to the United States, and to change its potty-training policy, under a settlement following a federal lawsuit alleging disability discrimination related to a child's expulsion from a preschool it operated. The settlement was announced by the U.S. Attorney; the article does not report a court finding of liability.
Source excerpt
A nationwide daycare provider has agreed to pay $48,000 and change its policy after a 3-year-old girl with Down syndrome was expelled from one of its facilities in New Jersey because she was not potty trained.
After conducting its investigation, the attorney’s office filed a lawsuit in federal district court against Spring Education Inc., formerly known as Nobel Learning Communities Inc., alleging that the company violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by discriminating against both the girl and her parents when it refused to modify its toileting policy and then expelled her “on the basis of her disability.”
Under the terms of the agreement, Spring Education Inc. will pay $18,000 to the girl and her family, a $30,000 civil penalty to the United States and is also required to change its policy on potty training to be “consistent with the ADA.”