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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Special ed is going to bleed public schools dry until the Rs get their way and we all go to religious private schools.[/quote]

Maybe if public schools didn't treat special education like a leper colony and then waste big $$$ on lawyers to fight parents then they'd be less likely to have the feds breathing down their neck.[/quote]

The lawyers are cheaper than meeting an impossible federal mandate. Maybe if every UMC parent whose kid can't behave didn't rush out and get a diagnosis and an IEP the resources available could go to the kids who need them  [/quote]

DP. Tell me you don't understand the IEP process without telling me you don't understand the IEP process.

UMC parents don't "rush out" to get diagnoses. In my experience, most parents want to avoid labels and diagnoses, especially early on when they start to suspect problems. And public schools do not have to accept a private diagnosis and often try to avoid accepting them because it adds to their caseloads and liability because special ed is underfunded.

I don't blame any family for holding a school accountable for not providing FAPE.  Holding a school accountable often improves things for other kids whose parents may have less knowledge and resources. See the DOJ settlement against APS for example.[/quote]
Sadly, there are some abuses of the system. In wealthy areas like suburban NYC, some parents seek out diagnoses so their kids can get extra time on standardized tests. A WSJ article noted that 20% of kids in one Westchester high school had accommodations for extra time. Many of these accommodations were based on genuine need. But apparently, not all.
https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2019/05/22/who-gets-extra-time-sat-affluent[/quote]

That article never says those kids are abusing the system and don't need their accommodations.

It's not like the SAT just hands out accommodations. They don't. Do you even know anything about the process at all? Or kids with disabilities?

Or are they just your favorite punching bag? [/quote]
The link was in response to a PP who said parents have no incentive to get diagnoses. However, there are benefits, namely more time. For most cases, this is based on genuine need as another PP said. However, the WSJ quoted the superintendent of Newton MA (where 1/3 of kids get added time) who said he believes this provision has been over-used and his district is working to reduce the number of kids getting extra time. The WSJ article is behind a paywall which was why the summary url was used which links to the WSJ for those who can access it. Newton's reaction highlights the risk -- if a small number use a provision improperly, it could be scaled back, hurting those kids who really need it.[/quote]

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