This thread was an interesting read. I didn't realize the US had investigated FCPS.

Anonymous wrote:We are still waiting for reimbursement. My child has a complex IEP, could not access any form of virtual school and we are only asking for a few thousand for speech therapy and tutoring. Our health insurance paid for OT and PT and I’m not asking for the copays.

Have emailed and they said that it should be processed. No time window given.

The school board has started their budget deliberations for next year. No plans for the OCR funding.

I would not be shocked if FCPS never cuts checks to anyone who is still waiting. Hopefully I’m wrong.

This has been a cruel process for both teachers and families. My child’s case manager asked me a few weeks ago if we had been paid yet and she seemed so sad when I told her we had not.

If its not in the budget, where is the settlement money/reimbursements coming from?

Anyone else still waiting for reimbursement? Our point of contact is a person with "non fcps" in their email address, so it seems they hired contractors specificallg to deal with this...so why is it taking so long?

We are still waiting for reimbursement. My child has a complex IEP, could not access any form of virtual school and we are only asking for a few thousand for speech therapy and tutoring. Our health insurance paid for OT and PT and I’m not asking for the copays.

Have emailed and they said that it should be processed. No time window given.

The school board has started their budget deliberations for next year. No plans for the OCR funding.

I would not be shocked if FCPS never cuts checks to anyone who is still waiting. Hopefully I’m wrong.

This has been a cruel process for both teachers and families. My child’s case manager asked me a few weeks ago if we had been paid yet and she seemed so sad when I told her we had not.

From what I’m reading on here, it looks like some parents were paid in April/May last year, but most are still waiting.

We still have not been paid for speech therapy services. Provided receipts in May and W9 in June. Have emailed FCPS and they seem to have lost the W9, so I resent it. The person so spoke to did not have an estimate on when parents will be paid for the outstanding bills.

If anyone is still waiting to be paid, send an email to ocr2022resolution@fcps.edu. I believe that US DOE OCR can see the messages that are sent to this email.

Anonymous wrote:Not everyone could afford tutors during Covid. Plus, no one knew for how long. They shouldn’t just compensate for receipts.

What do you mean? They are also offering recovery hours and reimbursement. I don’t think you will be compensated because you could not afford tutoring

Anonymous wrote:I have a child with what the angry teacher would probably call "severe" disabilities who attends one of the FCPS special ed only schools.

Our IEP meeting was very straightforward. We had receipts for in-person reading tutoring and in-person speech therapy. Our insurance covered approximately 10% of the ST and I made sure to deduct that from the request. Submitted last May, no reimbursement yet. Not surprised at all because the one constant with our dc's FCPS education is that the school get things done quickly and once things go to Gatehouse, nothing happens.

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Anonymous wrote:Not everyone could afford tutors during Covid. Plus, no one knew for how long. They shouldn’t just compensate for receipts.

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Not everyone could afford tutors during Covid. Plus, no one knew for how long. They shouldn’t just compensate for receipts.

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Anonymous wrote:To clarify your point- that was For a very small number of students with very severe disabilities. The bulk of FCPS families asking for reimbursement and services have children do not have children with those severe disabilities (e.g. ID, PSCB services). Most FCPS families asking for reimbursement or services are indeed milking this to their own advantage- and no- other families across the country and in other counties did not sue and are not doing the same. Let alone complaining that their reimbursements are taking too long. SMH.

Where's your proof for that statement? 6000 current and former students were deemed by their IEP teams to qualify for compensatory services. Only a small number of those 6000 are getting any kind of financial compensation whatsoever.

People in this thread have specified what FCPS has agreed to reimburse for. Which of those requests do you think is unreasonable?

This makes me laugh out loud....FCPS wanted to put this huge burden on top of teachers shoulders and repeatedly refused to oversee or answer important questions in true FCPS style. It was a dumpster fire process.

Agree. FCPS dumped this on schools, teachers, and IEP families with a crazy deadline and they all got the meetings done and came to agreements on what would be fair with very little guidance. Families guessed on what would be appropriate to request and teachers guessed on what would be approved.

And with all the extra time consuming meetings and paperwork guess who lost out on time with their teachers the kids.

And how is that the families' fault? We were told to attend a meeting. No one sued FCPS. The federal govt investigated them. Not sure why some of you are so determined to villainize disabled dc and their families.

Oh please....read and understand you all are complaining that kids lost time well IEP meeting after IEP meeting takes time away from kids. Sorry that you aren't getting it. Meanwhile there are a ton of people sitting at desks in central office. IT should NOT have been case managers in those meetings....It should have been overseen by SPED higher ups and lawyers. FCPS offered no support or guidance to teachers and now teams will have to meet again. It's ridiculous this should not have been put on case managers shoulders. Why are you so hell bent on villianizing SPED teachers? See how that also works. Very egocentric aren't you?

You are rabidly attacking families. Families did what they were told to do by FCPS-attend a meeting and discuss compensatory services. Families didn't ask for FCPS to break the law OR to enter into a settlement admitting that they broke the law with Dept of Education. You should be angry with your employer, not the children you are supposed to be education. Families didn't ask for meetings.

Who is telling you to meet again to discuss services? That's not part of the process laid out in the settlement agreement. Have a meeting, agree on services or reimbursement, send receipts into Gatehouse. Your part was done in spring.

Teachers part went right up to summer-it was a lot and there was little oversight from FCPS central office. Not everything is about you being a victim. Stick with what you know-your situation with your child.

Lordy, lordy. Project much? You need to reconsider working with kids when you have such a warped view of reality and so much disgust for families of disabled kids.

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I have a child with what the angry teacher would probably call "severe" disabilities who attends one of the FCPS special ed only schools.

Our IEP meeting was very straightforward. We had receipts for in-person reading tutoring and in-person speech therapy. Our insurance covered approximately 10% of the ST and I made sure to deduct that from the request. Submitted last May, no reimbursement yet. Not surprised at all because the one constant with our dc's FCPS education is that the school get things done quickly and once things go to Gatehouse, nothing happens.

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Anonymous wrote:To clarify your point- that was For a very small number of students with very severe disabilities. The bulk of FCPS families asking for reimbursement and services have children do not have children with those severe disabilities (e.g. ID, PSCB services). Most FCPS families asking for reimbursement or services are indeed milking this to their own advantage- and no- other families across the country and in other counties did not sue and are not doing the same. Let alone complaining that their reimbursements are taking too long. SMH.

Where's your proof for that statement? 6000 current and former students were deemed by their IEP teams to qualify for compensatory services. Only a small number of those 6000 are getting any kind of financial compensation whatsoever.

People in this thread have specified what FCPS has agreed to reimburse for. Which of those requests do you think is unreasonable?

This makes me laugh out loud....FCPS wanted to put this huge burden on top of teachers shoulders and repeatedly refused to oversee or answer important questions in true FCPS style. It was a dumpster fire process.

Agree. FCPS dumped this on schools, teachers, and IEP families with a crazy deadline and they all got the meetings done and came to agreements on what would be fair with very little guidance. Families guessed on what would be appropriate to request and teachers guessed on what would be approved.

And with all the extra time consuming meetings and paperwork guess who lost out on time with their teachers the kids.

And how is that the families' fault? We were told to attend a meeting. No one sued FCPS. The federal govt investigated them. Not sure why some of you are so determined to villainize disabled dc and their families.

Oh please....read and understand you all are complaining that kids lost time well IEP meeting after IEP meeting takes time away from kids. Sorry that you aren't getting it. Meanwhile there are a ton of people sitting at desks in central office. IT should NOT have been case managers in those meetings....It should have been overseen by SPED higher ups and lawyers. FCPS offered no support or guidance to teachers and now teams will have to meet again. It's ridiculous this should not have been put on case managers shoulders. Why are you so hell bent on villianizing SPED teachers? See how that also works. Very egocentric aren't you?

You are rabidly attacking families. Families did what they were told to do by FCPS-attend a meeting and discuss compensatory services. Families didn't ask for FCPS to break the law OR to enter into a settlement admitting that they broke the law with Dept of Education. You should be angry with your employer, not the children you are supposed to be education. Families didn't ask for meetings.

Who is telling you to meet again to discuss services? That's not part of the process laid out in the settlement agreement. Have a meeting, agree on services or reimbursement, send receipts into Gatehouse. Your part was done in spring.

Teachers part went right up to summer-it was a lot and there was little oversight from FCPS central office. Not everything is about you being a victim. Stick with what you know-your situation with your child.

Lordy, lordy. Project much? You need to reconsider working with kids when you have such a warped view of reality and so much disgust for families of disabled kids.

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone gotten reimbursed, fcps requests for information and we've submitted documentation and it was received included the tax form but we haven't gotten anything. It's been over 3 months.

Questions I am wondering, but don’t expect you to answer:
How much did you submit for reimbursement?

Was the service provided by a 3rd party provider?

Were these services related to services on the IEP that were not received due to virtual “school”?

Here are my answers: $1300, yes, yes; I was paid in May or June.

Has anyone gotten reimbursed, fcps requests for information and we've submitted documentation and it was received included the tax form but we haven't gotten anything. It's been over 3 months.

Anonymous wrote:Still waiting for the crazy poster's "proof" that its not kids with "SEVERE disabilities" being compensated. Nor her explanation of what is a "severe" disability that, in her mind, would be reasonable to receive a tutoring reimbursement or an extra session of speech therapy. Is "severity" defined by number of special education hours?

I am not the “crazy poster” but I am the parent of a child who had an IEP for speech. DC needed ST for a variety of reasons, the school ST was enough for DC but it took 7 years to work through the various issues. I would not say that DC had a severe disability. We were asked about any receipts that we might have from the COVID year and told that we could submit the receipts to the Team and we would be reimbursed. That was it. We didn’t turn anything in and DC did not see an increase in services at school to make up the ground.

This is but one data point, I get that, but I think that there were some schools that simply offered families the chance to turn in receipts for services and it was less about how much of that was needed due to what was lost.