Hundreds of Disability-Related Complaints Reopened
The U.S. Department of Education is now going to investigate hundreds of disability-related complaints. Just before Thanksgiving the department rescinded a provision adopted in March that allowed the Office of Civil Rights to dismiss any complaint that was part of a pattern of complaints by the same person or group […]
Texas Also Spent Less On Children Receiving Early Childhood Intervention Services
Recently, there have been a lot of news articles on how Texas spent less on Special Education students in previous school years. This also applies to students receiving Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) services. Children 0-2 years old with a disability are eligible to receive services under the Individual with Disabilities […]
Responses For When A School Cuts or Denies Special Education Services
Check out this article from Understood.org on 10 smart responses for when a school wants to cut or deny special education services. Click the link below for the entire list. https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/your-childs-rights/if-losing-services/10-smart-responses-for-when-the-school-cuts-or-denies-services
More from the U.S. Fifth Circuit of Appeals on Texas’ Funding of Special Education
Along with upholding the 33 million dollar penalty for spending less on the education of Special Education students in 2012 the U.S. Fifth Circuit of Appeals also criticized the way the state of Texas calculates how much to spend on Special Education. The U.S. Fifth Circuit of Appeals basically stated there […]
The Federal Funding Saga Continues
Disability rights advocates have come across documentation that Texas may have again spent less on students with disabilities in 2017. A day after the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling against Texas for spending less in 2012, disability advocates found evidence that Texas spent $41.6 million less in 2017 than in […]