US Department of Education coming after VDOE

[Anonymous]

Looks like based on complaints filed by parents and advocates for Fairfax County the US Dept.Education has found VDOE to be in non-compliance with special education and how they handled COVID for all students. Now they plan to look at all Virginia schools and not just FCPS. I say they will discover more compliance issues when they start digging. Now it makes sense why Youngkin is giving funds for tutoring for COVID learing loss. It will be interesting when they also go after schools for miss use of COVID relief funds like building additions and virtual learing school academy
( APS) vs. direct support to all students.



https://specialeducationaction.com/u-s-dept-of-education-puts-virginia-on-notice-get-into-compliance-or-face-sanctions/

[Anonymous]

Many school districts are offering tutoring and virtual schools for students who need/want it. Why do you have an issue with them offering tutoring and/or virtual?

[Anonymous]

The “article” on that website is a mess and poorly written. Just read the DIMOE letter.

I’m no Youngkin fan or defender, but a lot of these issues in FCPS predate his administration. Also, plenty of VA school have been using COVID relief funds for tutoring.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Looks like based on complaints filed by parents and advocates for Fairfax County the US Dept.Education has found VDOE to be in non-compliance with special education and how they handled COVID for all students. Now they plan to look at all Virginia schools and not just FCPS. I say they will discover more compliance issues when they start digging. Now it makes sense why Youngkin is giving funds for tutoring for COVID learing loss. It will be interesting when they also go after schools for miss use of COVID relief funds like building additions and virtual learing school academy
( APS) vs. direct support to all students.



https://specialeducationaction.com/u-s-dept-of-education-puts-virginia-on-notice-get-into-compliance-or-face-sanctions/

lol, the DoE only cares about one subset of students. They could care less about students without IEPs, if anything they are requiring FCPS to give them an even bigger piece of the pie.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Looks like based on complaints filed by parents and advocates for Fairfax County the US Dept.Education has found VDOE to be in non-compliance with special education and how they handled COVID for all students. Now they plan to look at all Virginia schools and not just FCPS. I say they will discover more compliance issues when they start digging. Now it makes sense why Youngkin is giving funds for tutoring for COVID learing loss. It will be interesting when they also go after schools for miss use of COVID relief funds like building additions and virtual learing school academy
( APS) vs. direct support to all students.



https://specialeducationaction.com/u-s-dept-of-education-puts-virginia-on-notice-get-into-compliance-or-face-sanctions/

you're conflating things here. This is about special education violations. it's not about your covid agenda. it was totally fine to use those funds for building additions and virtual learning.

[Anonymous]

What’s consequence for VDOE? How will it effect APS? I have Fairfax friends finally getting comp services that we were denied in APS.

[Anonymous]

Good! The problems in VDOE are terrible. Youngkin has been too busy with his culture war agenda to bother with special education problems there. This should have been priority one after he took office because parents everywhere have been frustrated about their kids services following pandemic. Nope. We got a grab bag of culture war failures.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Looks like based on complaints filed by parents and advocates for Fairfax County the US Dept.Education has found VDOE to be in non-compliance with special education and how they handled COVID for all students. Now they plan to look at all Virginia schools and not just FCPS. I say they will discover more compliance issues when they start digging. Now it makes sense why Youngkin is giving funds for tutoring for COVID learing loss. It will be interesting when they also go after schools for miss use of COVID relief funds like building additions and virtual learing school academy
( APS) vs. direct support to all students.



https://specialeducationaction.com/u-s-dept-of-education-puts-virginia-on-notice-get-into-compliance-or-face-sanctions/

lol, the DoE only cares about one subset of students. They could care less about students without IEPs, if anything they are requiring FCPS to give them an even bigger piece of the pie.

I don't understand this. The federal DOE? The state? Who's the subset they care about and what do you mean about FCPS giving them a bigger piece of pie?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good! The problems in VDOE are terrible. Youngkin has been too busy with his culture war agenda to bother with special education problems there. This should have been priority one after he took office because parents everywhere have been frustrated about their kids services following pandemic. Nope. We got a grab bag of culture war failures.

Love "a grab bag of culture war failures". Nail on the head.

[Anonymous]

What took them so long? This is retribution for electing Youngkin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good! The problems in VDOE are terrible. Youngkin has been too busy with his culture war agenda to bother with special education problems there. This should have been priority one after he took office because parents everywhere have been frustrated about their kids services following pandemic. Nope. We got a grab bag of culture war failures.

+1000

He doesn't care about actual kids, at least not those with special needs

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good! The problems in VDOE are terrible. Youngkin has been too busy with his culture war agenda to bother with special education problems there. This should have been priority one after he took office because parents everywhere have been frustrated about their kids services following pandemic. Nope. We got a grab bag of culture war failures.

+1000

He doesn't care about actual kids, at least not those with special needs

I’m not pro-Youngkin but didn’t all those problems exist under the prior governor? Is he any more culpable than his predecessor?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good! The problems in VDOE are terrible. Youngkin has been too busy with his culture war agenda to bother with special education problems there. This should have been priority one after he took office because parents everywhere have been frustrated about their kids services following pandemic. Nope. We got a grab bag of culture war failures.

+1000

He doesn't care about actual kids, at least not those with special needs

I’m not pro-Youngkin but didn’t all those problems exist under the prior governor? Is he any more culpable than his predecessor?

This has way more to do with the blackface/klan robe wearing, moonwalking former Gov. Northam than Youngkin. Hope they investigate ACPS too!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good! The problems in VDOE are terrible. Youngkin has been too busy with his culture war agenda to bother with special education problems there. This should have been priority one after he took office because parents everywhere have been frustrated about their kids services following pandemic. Nope. We got a grab bag of culture war failures.

+1000

He doesn't care about actual kids, at least not those with special needs

+1. To put icing on the cake while VDOE ignored sped kids during the shut down they eventually came back offering tutoring in hopes of playing catch up. This was before[/b] Youngkin was even elected so he can't even attempt to claim this as his idea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good! The problems in VDOE are terrible. Youngkin has been too busy with his culture war agenda to bother with special education problems there. This should have been priority one after he took office because parents everywhere have been frustrated about their kids services following pandemic. Nope. We got a grab bag of culture war failures.

+1000

He doesn't care about actual kids, at least not those with special needs

+1. To put icing on the cake while VDOE ignored sped kids during the shut down they eventually came back offering tutoring in hopes of playing catch up. This was before[/b] Youngkin was even elected so he can't even attempt to claim this as his idea.

Yeah but APS never even did this. They were stingy about recovery services and most families didn’t get them.