CT Post

At a public hearing on April 21, members of the Select Committee on Special Education repeatedly asserted that they want to fix the “broken” special education system. Unfortunately, the special education bills currently speeding their way through Connecticut’s legislature, HB-7277 and the identical SB-1561, would make the system far worse and reduce the ability of families — and even school teams — to meet the needs of children with disabilities. Worse, they would further erode the rights and protections for these children and reduce accountability and transparency in our public schools.