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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Federal IDEA law prohibits a class of 11 students with IEPs because doing so would make it a self-contained classroom, and would not be the least restrictive environment for those students.

There will be a mix.[/quote]

I would argue that learning at home without peers is more restrictive, and that a self-contained classroom would thus be the least restrictive environment available.

In any case, my autistic child has been deeply, deeply burned by the lottery system.   The lottery system feels like a big slap in the face, as kids with minimal IEPs were selected over my child.
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I recommend finding a way to create a class action lawsuit.  By selecting to provide some in person for a sub group of children with IEPs is like DCPS saying when you are creating your IEP - sorry we can't have a goals for OT because we do not have an OT at your school.

It is maddening that someone thinks that because it s a constrained resource - it is OK to allocate it by a lottery.  My assumption is that since speech, OT, and special education teachers are still going to deliver services virtually, the school district determined that the delivery of service was the same for all.  EXCEPT - for children in self-contained classrooms where some of the children will have the benefit of in person instruction - and others will not. [/quote]

Yes, frankly the whole thing is a legal morass. An IEP is a legal contract, and recent litigation has shown that the pandemic isn't a valid reason for not meeting the IEP. I wonder what will happen when a parent is able to prove that a school is meeting the needs of a mostly similar student with a similar IEP, but their child's IEP needs are not being met.[/quote]

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