Has anyone gotten reimbursed from FCPS? (it is now July)

[Anonymous]

We did all the paperwork and were told we were getting reimbursed for services we paid for out of pocket since special ed at our school ceased to exist during Covid.

We got "approval" in April, filled out tax forms in June and now nothing. Is FCPS just telling families they are getting reimbursed but they are not going to do it? I have reached out to several offices but have heard nothing back.

[Anonymous]

Yes—I received a check several weeks ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We did all the paperwork and were told we were getting reimbursed for services we paid for out of pocket since special ed at our school ceased to exist during Covid.

We got "approval" in April, filled out tax forms in June and now nothing. Is FCPS just telling families they are getting reimbursed but they are not going to do it? I have reached out to several offices but have heard nothing back.

FCPS is a big machine that runs very slowly. It’ll happen, it just takes time.

[Anonymous]

Gimmee, gimmee, gimmee.

Always wanting freebies, but denying others.....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gimmee, gimmee, gimmee.

Always wanting freebies, but denying others.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKAbUe7UxW0

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gimmee, gimmee, gimmee.

Always wanting freebies, but denying others.....

FCPS agreed these families were owed compensation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gimmee, gimmee, gimmee.

Always wanting freebies, but denying others.....

FCPS agreed these families were owed compensation.

FCPS does a lot of dumb stuff. Are you new to this forum, to not realize this?

[Anonymous]

No.

Our IEP team agreed to reimburse a certain amount in May to reimburse speech therapy. No one asked me for tax forms or anything.

Who should I reach out to?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No.

Our IEP team agreed to reimburse a certain amount in May to reimburse speech therapy. No one asked me for tax forms or anything.

Who should I reach out to?

+1 our IEP team had the meeting in June. We agreed on the reimbursement amount. We never received any forms nor heard anything more.

[Anonymous]

Call the office of special education procedural support. 571-423-4290. Apparently, they have had turn over. I was able to submit my W-9 today and resend the docs my school submitted in early June.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Call the office of special education procedural support. 571-423-4290. Apparently, they have had turn over. I was able to submit my W-9 today and resend the docs my school submitted in early June.

yikes. How do you get the docs that the school had sent?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gimmee, gimmee, gimmee.

Always wanting freebies, but denying others.....

FCPS agreed these families were owed compensation.

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Lol! No, FCPS didn't. Some overworked case manager who didn't give a crap anymore agreed just to get the parents off her back. FCPS gave virtually no guidelines on this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gimmee, gimmee, gimmee.

Always wanting freebies, but denying others.....

FCPS agreed these families were owed compensation.

.

Lol! No, FCPS didn't. Some overworked case manager who didn't give a crap anymore agreed just to get the parents off her back. FCPS gave virtually no guidelines on this.

FCPS didn't decide anything. They were forced to compensate parents by the Office of Civil Rights. FCPS didn't give a crap about the kids during the pandemic or now. They're just doing what they have to by law. No countywide guidance was given to case managers. I have two kids in different schools - one school was very fair with compensation, the other wasn't.

I pay $150/hour for my ASD kid's therapy. He was denied over 400 hours of services. I'm being compensated for less than 20% of that. It's not about gimmee, gimmee, gimmee. It's about parents fighting for their children that were denied federally mandated services. No one with a special needs kid would say something so heartless.

[Anonymous]

That's annoying. A travel sports parent had a child who got over $5000 in reimbursements. Highly doubtful that a travel sports child has a severe disability especially when they aren't in a specific disability program. Your child should have been compensated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That's annoying. A travel sports parent had a child who got over $5000 in reimbursements. Highly doubtful that a travel sports child has a severe disability especially when they aren't in a specific disability program. Your child should have been compensated.

NP. How would you know this? A kid could be in travel sports and getting O-G services, interventions for dysgraphia, or private speech, or counseling or any combination of any of the above or some other services. The parents aren't obligated to share that.