Special Education Law and Advocacy
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 Continue Reading →
I just reviewed your Summer School for Parents: Lesson #4. I am the mom who wrote about the need for a particular type of placement for my son with autism. Continue Reading →
We are in due process. We’ve recorded the IEP meetings. Should we use transcripts of the meetings or use the tapes as evidence in the hearing? I always submit tapes Continue Reading →
“Effective date” means just what it says. If you write an IEP and put the “effective date” as the date of the meeting, then the IEP goes into effect on Continue Reading →
My daughter attended her first IEP meeting today, it was a disaster. Does she have the right to write on the IEP under parental concerns? She wanted to write a Continue Reading →
I was told that my child cannot participate in sports at school because he has an IEP. Isn’t this discrimination? Prohibiting a student from participating in a sport because he Continue Reading →
I am an attorney practicing Special Education. I do not attend IEP meetings. We have an advocacy service and an advocate attends IEP meetings with parents. In our district, when Continue Reading →
Parent #1: My son wants to be “left behind”. I feel that another year in the smaller, familiar middle school would be less intimidating and give him some time to Continue Reading →
The Public Comment Period ended on June 30, 2008. What Happens Next? The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) will revise the proposed regulations in response to the public comments they Continue Reading →
Update: OSEP Letter to Anonymous, September 9, 2019. Question: Is it best practice to withhold an educational report from the student, parent, guardian, a special education teacher,or another IEP Team Continue Reading →
