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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hmmmm...I wonder if there's any case for bringing a material misrepresentation/detrimental reliance suit against DCPS for telling you you'd get X services, than pulling the rug after you'd already materially changed positions (committed to paying for private school) in reliance on that representation?
Or can you not bring that kind of tort claim against a government?[/quote]

My personal opinion is that this would be very expensive and time consuming and the parents dealing with this need to focus that time and money on now securing private therapies to replace what has now been taken. Maybe it's possible in theory but it's one more thing to deal with that people in a panic scramble can't deal with. [/quote]

How do you think change is made! IDEA is an intensely litigated area and there may well be any number of nonprofit legal organizations willing to take this on. Being a plaintiff in a case like this doesn't take a ton of effort. Just gather up all the documents you have and probably have a couple of long conversations with the attorneys. I don't have any opinion on whether there is a strong legal case here - but absolutely people should get together and explore this. It's not going to get you services next week, but maybe in a year. [/quote]

I get what you're saying but seriously, some people don't have the extra time/energy/money in litigating for "change." It takes so much time and effort just to figure out how to get your kid what they need that devoting any of that to tort reform... Yeah. No. Speaking for myself and probably many other SN parents. You do it if you're so gung ho about it. [/quote]

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