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Education > Special Education
New Hampshire Shifted the Due Process Burden to Schools in IEP Disputes. Is Your State Next?
...complaint against a school district over an...against a school district over an IEP, most...room and prove the school failed your child....your child. The district sits across the...the parent to the school district. Now,...parent to the school district. Now, when a parent...Hampshire, the district has to prove it...shift burden to districts. New York, New...
News > Education
Three School Employees Were Arrested for Abusing Children with Disabilities in a Special Education Classroom. Here's What Families Need to Know.
...at S.P. Morton Elementary School in Franklin, Virginia on charges...and retaliation at the same school. This case exposes how children...charges. Franklin City Public Schools completed an internal review...members from the classroom. The school district hasn't publicly disclosed...the classroom. The school district hasn't publicly disclosed how...
Education > Special Education
IEP Services Can't Be Cut by a Budget Crisis. Here's How to Hold Your School Accountable.
...shrink when your school district's budget...when your school district's budget does....need to know: a school district's budget...know: a school district's budget crisis...right now because school budgets are under...reimbursements, which provide schools $7.5 billion annually...data shows 80% of school leaders expect...their IEP, and a school's inability to...
Assistive Tech > Mobility
Wheelchair-Accessible School Bus Transportation: Legal Rights and Practical Solutions
The school district just... The school district just told you...service that school districts must...that school districts must provide...access, the district doesn't get to...enforce it when districts try to avoid...transportation to get to school and their disability...standard bus, the district is required to...legal mandate. Districts sometimes frame...
News > Education
New Hampshire's Open Enrollment Bill Would Force Schools to Accept Students with Disabilities. Here's What Families with IEPs and 504 Plans Need to Know.
...would prohibit school districts from...prohibit school districts from rejecting...require receiving districts to cover Section...protection for school-choice families....legislation, school districts can't...legislation, school districts can't turn away...student's home district would continue...the receiving district would pick up...disabilities. One district near Madison...
Education > Special Education
Why Special Education Looks Different in Every State
...for special education in Connecticut. You move to West Virginia. The new school re-evaluates and says your child no longer meets eligibility criteria. Services...criteria. Services are cut. You're not being punished. You're not in the wrong district. This is the law working exactly as it was designed. Understanding why takes...
Education > Special Education
Procedural Safeguards and Your Rights as a Special Education Parent
...special education decisions. Your school district is required to provide it...special education decisions. Your school district is required to provide it at minimum...you receive written information, the school must make other arrangements. The...review any educational record the school maintains...
Education > K-12
The Special Education Evaluation Process: What Parents Need to Know
...special education evaluation for your child, or the school has suggested one. Now what? Most parents enter...you've never heard of. Timelines that vary by district. Results that look like spreadsheets full of numbers....supports would help? The evaluation team (usually a school psychologist, special education teacher, and sometimes...
Assistive Tech > Software
Screen Reader Software for Students: JAWS vs NVDA vs VoiceOver Compared
...system your child's school uses, what the district...school uses, what the district supports for accommodations,...professional license. School districts often purchase...professional license. School districts often purchase site...use JAWS only at school. If your district...at school. If your district covers the license,...nothing during the school years. VoiceOver is...
Education > K-12
FAPE and LRE Explained: A Parent's Guide to Your Child's Rights Under IDEA
...can ask for and what schools are required to provide....governing special education. Schools must provide both simultaneously,...assume FAPE obligates schools to maximize their child's...F. v. Douglas County School District (2017), requires...Douglas County School District (2017), requires education...imaginable standard. A school can meet FAPE even if...
Education > Other
Charter Schools and Special Education: What Parents Need to Know
...charter schools and you...Maybe a school tour guide...that the school "doesn't...charter schools are public...public schools, and they're...traditional district schools....district schools. That law...public school to accept...Charter schools can't legally...charter schools have been...Charter Schools Are Bound...Charter schools operate...public schools in areas...charter schools must:...
Education > Early Intervention
What Happens When Early Intervention Ends at Age 3: The Transition to Preschool Special Education
...preschool special education from age 3 through high school. They're separate programs with different eligibility...intervention team and a representative from your local school district. If you haven't heard anything and your...team and a representative from your local school district. If you haven't heard anything and your child is...