Office for Civil Rights Has “Serious Compliance Concerns” with St. Johns County School District’s (FL) Restraint and Seclusion Practices; School Division Enters Into Resolution Agreement with OCR
Helpful Information from FCPS Lawyer John Cafferky, which You Won’t Find in VDOE’s “Parents’ Guide to Special Education Dispute Resolution”
The Language of IEPs and 504s: The Problem with “Engage”
Teachers will engage with student to ensure student understands and accurately records all assignments in student’s planner.
Now imagine attending an IEP meeting at which this goal is being discussed. You push for more details, but the staff member helming the meeting insists that engage means the following:
“It’s not that they’re waiting for to come to them. They’re going to engage with .”
What could go wrong?
Virginia’s Noncompliance Continues; U.S. Dept. of Ed. Issues New Findings Documenting State’s Failures
U.S. Dept. of Justice Files Suit Against Maine for Unnecessarily Segregating Children Who Have Disabilities
DOJ claims “Maine administers its behavioral health service system for children in a manner that gives the families and guardians of these children no meaningful choice other than institutions.” The result is hundreds of children segregated from their communities, “miss the chance to wake up in their own beds, to develop bonds with family and friends, and to go to school with their siblings and peers.”