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July 25, 2007
Parents Can't Win With These Odds
Schools Beat Back Demands For Special-Ed Services
26 out of 27? 108 out of 119? No, these are not impressive scores on a
new test, they are some of the ratios that arbitrators favored
districts over parents in deciding special education cases. Does that
sound right to you?
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My husband and I had four children (and raised 7 others), two of whom needed special education services. It was one struggle after another to get the school district to do what the law clearly said was required to help our children. I am also a teacher and have had to fight with my administrators to get support services for students, especially if it was going to cost the district money (for example, if student was classified as under section 504 of the Federal law which meant s/he needed services but the district would not be reimbursed for providing them). The odds are indeed stacked; parents and teachers have to unite to overcome those odds on behalf of the children; especially those from poorer families who are less likely to have access to legal representation.
Posted by: Renee Moore | July 28, 2007 01:00 PM
