Jacqueline Oliver says her daughter, a student at Bridgeport Public Schools who has autism, was allowed on two separate days last winter to beat her head against a hard surface more than 150 times without someone stepping in to intervene.

“God forbid if I got home and my daughter would’ve done something out of the norm like taking a nap. And what if she would’ve never woken up?” Oliver told the state Board of Education during a meeting in January.

Oliver’s story was one of several included in a complaint to the state made by the nonprofit Center for Children’s Advocacy alleging Bridgeport schools have violated the rights of special education students by failing to provide them with an adequate education.

It’s the fourth complaint the organization has filed against the school distric

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