WWNO A bipartisan bill that would make it easier for parents in Louisiana to win special education disputes has the full backing of the House education committee. When a parent believes their child’s public school isn’t providing the burden of proof, it is on the...
Nebraska Public Media In the Nebraska Legislature on Tuesday, senators rejected an attempt to give parents of special education students more power over their children’s education. Sen. Victor Rountree is the sponsor of the proposal to require that parents must...
New Hampshire Public Radio There is more clarity this week about the so-called open enrollment legislation that would allow New Hampshire students to attend public schools outside their districts. According to the state Department of Education, a student’s home...
NJ Spotlight News The state Office of Special Education doesn’t function as it should, families and some legislators say. Parents often don’t know that the office exists, and even when they do, they say it sometimes brushes off their requests to investigate issues....
Inside Investigator On May 20, 2024, teachers and administrators at Hazardville Memorial School in Enfield called the police on a five-year-old in kindergarten. The call to 911 was placed at 9:57 am. By that time, teachers and special education instructors had been...
Louisiana Illuminator More than a decade of federal oversight of special education in New Orleans charter schools has ended, following a March 31 decision by U.S. District Judge Jay Zainey to terminate a sweeping consent judgment, which went into effect in early 2015....
WWNO After years of planning, New Orleans' school district is bringing its independent charter schools together to share funds and centralize some services. About a dozen are participating this school year. Charters can join the district's educational service...
The Keene Sentinel In Wisconsin, school districts last year rejected open-enrollment applications from students with disabilities at twice the rate of those from other students. In Nebraska, dozens of school districts exclusively denied applications to students with...
The 74 The District of Columbia Public Schools violated the civil rights of students with disabilities and created an “adversarial system,” that often forces families to sue in order for their kids to receive services, the U.S. Department of Education announced...