Disability Rights

Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown and the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights announced a settlement with Cracker Barrel over allegations that 11 special education students from Dr. James Craik Elementary School were mistreated during a December 2024 field trip meal at a Waldorf location. Each student will receive $7,500 and a meal refund, Cracker Barrel will donate $17,500 to the school’s technology programs for students with developmental disabilities and $9,000 to Maryland’s Civil Rights Enforcement Fund, and the chain agreed to revise and strengthen its policies.