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legal protection changes for special needs?

11 hours ago•3 Replies

HR899 has been introduced to “terminate the department of education” and it sounds like an executive action is planned to further remove the agency. We have really struggled to find a school for my son because of his behavior and public school is our best option (asked to leave 2 private schools and he’s only 5) - we are pursuing an IEP. I’m worried about the protections in FAPE (what gives us 504 and IEPs) won’t be as enforceable, or really what will happen. Just sharing that this another concern and worry on my already pretty full plate. Thanks for being such a supportive community, I get a lot of insight and encouragement here!

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Agriefobserved8 hours ago

Ignoring the news has always proved useful when my plate is full.

Who knows what will happen? Maybe the DoE will be dissolved. Even so, it doesn’t necessarily follow that local special ed will suffer.

We try to take it one day at a time.

Best wishes to you and your family.

Uptown247 hours ago

I'm worried about this. It has been such a struggle to get services for my kid. I've been on news diet, because it been overwhelming as of late, but I have been emailing my members of congress regularly. This is one of the issues that I address to them.

Onthemove19715 hours ago

We are happy you have joined us. we also welcome any of your questions, since most M likely many others want to ask a similar question. We all fear the worse is coming, but please start listening to calming/soothing music and not the craziness of the world.

Children with special needs will not go away and your local school district "should" fight to keep services going and get get more funding if needed.

The DOE is responsible for many things and special education is a smaller part. More importantly, your local school district is responsible for hiring qualified staff and providing services for your child.

Many of us have been down this road so if you have any other questions we would love to hear them..I hope you can get services set you soon for your child.