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Who Pays for Special Education: Parents or Districts?

June 02, 2009 01:02 PM ET | Zach Miners | Permanent Link | Print

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TX sped services response

I would love to connect with you !

Our school doesnt want our input

Our school district is so tired of us advocating for our child with a disability , that we actually were banned from school property today with a letter from the school attorney citing the tresspass law of New Mexico. Something they do to alot of parents. So, if our daughter has a seizure, the principal will just write her up like she always does, and they dont have to call me...When is somebody going to see that discrimination of disabled children and their parents is a huge problem ? Our district doesnt care about IDEA and actually do not even know the law of SPED students. Parental rights is something they laugh at/ Their freaky desire for control here is jeopardizing my child's life..... The principal is extremely dangerous in my belief

Public dollars used for non ESE student in the private sector

Not having enough information on the particulars of this case-if the child was never served under special education services at a public high school; why should the district have to pay a private school. The particulars of the case of course are not all presented in this article, based on information it appears that the child has a drug problem. With prejudiced set aside-I do not see where it becomes the school responsibility to pay the cost of the private school. If the behavior issue is the dominant factor in this case-then the flood gates are open for parents of non disabled student to request payment from public dollars to the private school sector for the behavior issues their children may present. I do understand that the school may have failed to properly evaluate, however it does become a parental responsibility to oversee the children behavior and to request and or mediate any school decision.

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