Month: January 2021
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Statewide program extends support for families with disable children
This article was published on WGXA News by Terell Bailey on January 7, 2021. ATLANTA, GA — For many working parents, the pandemic threw a wrench in their daily day-to-day lives. One Georgia program is aiming to lend a helping hand to parents that have children with disabilities. Georgia’s Department of Early Care and Learning…
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Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos Resigns
This article was published on the Council for Exceptional Children on January 8, 2021. On Thursday night, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos submitted her resignation to President Donald Trump, effective as of today. The letter cited Wednesday’s “violent protestors overrunning the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to undermine the people’s business” as an “inflection point”…
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President-Elect Biden Seeks to Reopen Most K-8 Schools Within First 100 Days
This article was published on the Council for Exceptional Children on January 8, 2021. On December 29, President-Elect Joe Biden delivered pandemic-related remarks that included a call to action for most K-8 schools to reopen by the end of his first 100 days in office. Biden called on Congress to provide additional funding for states…
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School district receives discrimination complaint
This article was published on the Estes Park Trail Gazette by Jason Van Tatenhove on January 4, 2021. The grandparent of an Estes Park student who has been identified as a child with a disability under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA,) has filed a state-level complaint against Larimer County School District R-3 on…
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Special ed students fill ‘instrumental’ role at Children’s Hospital while learning workplace skills
This article was published on the San Antonio Report by Brooke Crum on January 4, 2021. Deep in the labyrinthine basement of the Children’s Hospital of San Antonio, El-Fayad-Ben Ibrahim worked one Thursday afternoon assembling sheets of paper into packets, one of only eight interns allowed in the hospital amid the pandemic. The Sam Houston…
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Teacher Shortages Worsened By Pandemic Leave Some Kids With Disabilities Waiting For Needed Services
This article was published on Maine Public by Robbie Feinberg on January 4, 2021. For students with disabilities, it’s important that needed services be provided as early as possible. But schools and state officials acknowledge that low wages and teacher shortages have left many families waiting for those services, with the pandemic only making the problem…
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Bobby DuBose again joins push to limit seclusion and restraint of disabled students
This article was published on Florida Politics by Ryan Nicol on January 4, 2021. Rep. Bobby DuBose, a Fort Lauderdale Democrat, is refiling legislation looking to reduce certain restrictive punishments for students with disabilities. DuBose’s bill (HB 149) will serve as the companion measure to Senate legislation filed late last month by Sen. Lauren Book. The measures…
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Committee OKs $300K settlement to former CPS special needs student Tased by cops at Marshall HS
This article was published on Chicago Sun Times by Fran Spielman on December 14, 2020. Chicago taxpayers will spend $300,000 to compensate a former 16-year-old special needs student Tased and wrestled down a flight of stairs by police officers at Marshall High School after refusing to put away her cellphone during a test. On Monday, the City…