The Wrightslaw Way

Judge Orders Search for MPS Students in Need of Special Education On June 21, 2009 the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported: “A federal judge has ordered Milwaukee Public Schools to launch a wide search for students who didn’t get special education services they should have gotten between 2000 and 2005 and to figure out what needs […]

VA Parents: Remind Governor Kaine that parents aren’t asking for more or new rights but only that existing rights and protections not be taken away. Please ask the Governor to return the regulations back to VDOE and to reinstate all current rights and protections that have been eliminated from the regs. Here’s how…

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that Milwaukee Public Schools must pay just more than $450,000 to the legal staff representing plaintiffs in a class-action suit over how the district serves students with special needs, a federal judge has ordered. The order Friday followed a ruling in June that MPS must do more for special needs […]

Virginia Department of Education published their new proposed Special Education Regulations (8VAC20-80/81) in The Virginia Register of Regulations (Volume 24, Issue 17) on April 28, 2008. VDOE proposes to eliminate parental consent in some cases, and further erode parental rights. Other proposed changes will affect procedural safeguards, eligibility criteria, definition of developmental disabilities, and accountability. […]