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Recent Articles
Office of Civil Rights Opens Investigation of Fairfax County Public Schools
April 13, 2021, FCPS staff exchanged an internal e-mail in which FCPS admitted fault and an intention to discuss entering into a rapid resolution with OCR.
Call for Nominations, State Board of Education Advisory Committees
How are members nominated and elected to serve?
When will the next round of individuals be nominated?
If you don’t already know the answers to these questions, please visit your state education agency’s (SEA) site (or call) to find out who is representing you and your children — and to perhaps seek a nomination to the committee yourself.
FOIA Release: Fairfax County Public Schools’ 4.1.20 Special Education Department Chair and 504 Meeting
The video, video chat, and video transcript in this article are from Fairfax County Public Schools’ (FCPS) 4.1.20 Special Education Chair and 504 Meeting.
Fairfax County Public Schools Is Offering In-Person, In-School Instruction Four Days A Week; Neglects To Include Students Who Need It
The Problem: Parents of students who need such an option have not had it offered to them—and many don’t even know the option exists.
Contact Your State Education Agency; It Is Required To Request Input On Its Waiver Requests
Contact your state education agency (SEA).
If it is seeking a waiver from the United Stated Department of Education (USDOE), it is required to give the public notice and a reasonable time for it to comment.
February 22, 2021, USDOE issued a letter inviting states to request waivers for the 2020-21 school year “of the accountability and school identification requirements in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA).”
From “Just Words” to Lexia, FCPS Continued Its One-Size-Fits-All Approach to Addressing Dyslexia
Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) did it again.
It used a one-size-fits-all approach to addressing the needs of students who struggle with reading.
In 2020, Lexia gave FCPS 999,999 licenses for its programs.
FCPS’ response?
The FCPS Office of Special Education Instruction (OSEI) recommended Lexia for all students who were using “Just Words” prior to Governor Ralph Northam’s March 23, 2020 executive order calling for the cessation of in-person instruction.