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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's a money game to them- in DC, each child is assigned money (to the school) based on their need level. I sound cynical, but I'm not conjecturing. [/quote]

I don't think this accurately reflects their approach to special ed - if it did, kids would be getting more - not less - hours, including those with minor needs, rather than the push some parents have experienced this year to decrease services to kids.  Not all kids, obviously, but some.  But if they wanted to game the system, the way to do it would be to increase the kid's level of need (via IEP hours) without seeking out kids with greater needs - that is, load on services on kids who have minimal needs, to get the monetary gain from DC (since yes, money follows services), without the corresponding "burden" of actual needs at that level.  Just noting.  Not commenting on anything else in the thread or it's accuracy.  But what they're doing is not the way to game the system.  [/quote]

In DC each child is given funding based on a coded level of 1-4. Bridges is now seeking out the children with the greatest needs- highest level- largest amount of money to follow. If they changed a lot of IEPs to increase services, they a) have to front the money for the aides or the hours, etc, and b) it would become obvious that they seem to be adding lots of hours to lots of IEPs. AND adding services does not necessarily change the level, so Bridges is out more money but does not get more in return. They are gaming the system by not allowing students to DECREASE their needs. [b]Several of us with children in self-contained classrooms have gotten push-back and then some about moving our children out. On both campuses[/b].[/quote]

This is a serious allegation. I hope you are putting your concerns in writing to OSSE and / or the U.S. Department of Education who have oversight over IDEA and implementation of special education programs.

Even if you are leaving the school it is worth reporting.

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