Hartford Courant After a special education student in Seymour Public Schools was restrained and secluded 53 times in seven months, the child’s parents filed an official state complaint. The state determined that in two of the 53 occasions, it was “unclear” if physical...
Moscow-Pullman Daily News Debbie Critchfield is starting a new state special education program — while watching an overhaul at the federal level. They are two big changes — two important transitions — affecting special education services for roughly 41,200 Idaho...
Hudson County View At Thursday’s over seven-hour meeting, the third-party firm that conducted the audit, Lerch, Vinci, and Bliss LLP, released a 3-page summary of their findings. While the full 80-page audit report was referred to law enforcement, authorities directed...
Houston Public Media A small group of parents gathered Wednesday night looking for advice on how to combat the controversial changes to special education Houston ISD is implementing for the upcoming school year. Texas' largest school district is consolidating special...
MSN One of the biggest selling points of Texas' new private school voucher program was that it would support students with disabilities, offering up to $30,000 in state-funded accounts for tuition and other services. The possibility drew thousands of applications from...
Governing.com Over the past decade, the number of students with disabilities in American schools has exploded. In San Diego County, the trend has been particularly acute. In 2015, La Mesa Spring Valley Schools, for example, served 1,424 students with disabilities. By...
Valley News New Hampshire lawmakers charged with overseeing the state’s $50 million school voucher program are raising concerns about how the program tracks academic progress for the nearly 10,600 students enrolled. The Children’s Scholarship Fund New Hampshire, the...
Texarkana Gazette The Catholic school tour ended, and Maria Contreras felt an overwhelming desire to enroll her 7-year-old. But first, a difficult question for the principal. The second-grader has trouble focusing. He doesn't listen to teachers and runs around the...
The Gazette At a school board work session last week, the Cedar Rapids school district reported that the number of students restrained in response to aggressive behavior has dropped considerably. Between 2018 and 2021, restraints were used 4,145 times. From 2023 to...