Citing concerns from families and advocates, the federal government is demanding state education officials turn over a slew of documents as it questions whether Massachusetts adequately supports students with disabilities. It also is looking into the state's oversight of public schools and its network of private special education schools.
of the state’s special education system. It is questioning if Massachusetts adequately supports students with disabilities, and whether the state provides proper oversight of public schools or its network of private special education schools., the U.S. Department of Education demanded the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education deliver within 60 days a slew of documents about how the state monitors several key special education programs.
DESE plans to issue a “thorough and detailed” response to the feds’ inquiry, according to Russell Johnston, the department’s deputy commissioner. The feds questioned whether DESE “only issues decisions on procedural violations and dismisses more substantive allegations raising a denial of a free appropriate public education.”, said she wasn’t surprised by the issues highlighted in the letter, particularly when it comes to how the state resolves complaints from parents.
If a school district — with state approval — determines it cannot meet the needs of a student with disabilities, the district is required to pay the tuition for placement at one of the state’s private special education programs, commonly known asHowever, federal education officials said in the letter that an initial review of the state’s standards for these schools showed the state appeared to largely focus on whether the schools met health and safety requirements, as opposed to federal...
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