{"id":5588,"date":"2011-08-17T10:41:38","date_gmt":"2011-08-17T14:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=5588"},"modified":"2011-08-17T10:41:38","modified_gmt":"2011-08-17T14:41:38","slug":"court-ordered-compliance-plan-still-a-very-uphill-battle-for-mps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/court-ordered-compliance-plan-still-a-very-uphill-battle-for-mps\/","title":{"rendered":"Court-Ordered Compliance Plan Still a Very Uphill Battle for MPS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"Court-Ordered%20Compliance%20Plan%20Still%20a%20Very%20Uphill%20Battle%20for%20MPS\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>It&#8217;s been slow going since Judge Goodstein ordered MPS to do more for kids with special needs in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>After dragging their feet last year, it looks like it&#8217;s going to be a &#8220;tough road ahead&#8221; for MPS to make progress with the court-ordered compliance plan, says Alan Coulter, the independent expert overseeing the &#8220;Jamie S. Compliance Plan.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A second year review says the district is taking &#8220;encouraging steps&#8221; but parents are saying this sounds a bit too optimistic.<\/p>\n<p>MPS is required to better identify and serve children with special needs and to make progress in 41 action steps in the plan. Can they do this while facing a dramatic reduction in financial resources?<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;MPS lost about $84 million through spending cuts in Gov. Scott Walker&#8217;s 2011-&#8217;13 biennial budget, and it laid off 519 employees &#8211; including 354 teachers\u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The improvement plan stems from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/law\/art\/wi.jamie.mps.wdpi.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">federal class-action lawsuit<\/span><\/a> brought by Disability Rights Wisconsin. The group claimed MPS was not doing enough to seek out and then serve children with special needs, and that the state Department of Public Instruction had failed in its oversight of the district.<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/law\/art\/wi.jamie.mps.wdpi.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Judge Orders Sanctions Against School District, Remedies For Kids<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/law\/art\/wi.jamie.mps.wdpi.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/law\/art\/wi.jamie.mps.wdpi.htm<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;DPI settled with Disability Rights on the case in 2008, and the settlement agreement required the state to create a compliance plan with Coulter and make sure those actions were carried out within MPS.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Parents ask,\u00a0 &#8220;Has there indeed been improvement?&#8221; Some are still dubious, are asking for the report data, and question if MPS is really headed in the right direction.<\/p>\n<p>See the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/news\/education\/126437228.html\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">full article<\/span><\/a> in the Milwaukee-Journal Sentinel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/news\/education\/126437228.html\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">http:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/news\/education\/126437228.html<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been slow going since Judge Goodstein ordered MPS to do more for kids with special needs in 2008. 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