With budget cuts in education, you may find yourself in an uphill battle with your school district, state-run school, and your own state. Know your rights, and who to call in order to enforce them.
As a mother who has recently found herself at battle with several entities, I have come to realize how important it is to be sure that you know your rights. This isn't the first time I have had to push and be stern with those who are in charge of making sure my child is taught. I have always had a PIP Counselor or someone to aid me in my quest for help. Even our deaf mentor helped me with some resources.
My daughter has a related service that is written into her IEP for transportation. The school is telling me that for the coming school year that she will not be transported in the same fashion. I will have to take her to a drop off point where I will load her on a van and they will take her the rest of the way to school and then I will have to meet up with this van after school.
The problem is, the drop off point is over half way to school; and in the winter, it’s an even longer ride, in one of the worst areas of highway due to the steep hill and the amount of snow that accumulates. All of the parents who would be in this same situation would have to be there at the very same time. The transportation company has even said that what the school is wanting is not the best scenario for the children or parents. What they are effectively doing is making it so that I, along with other parents who have to travel a long distance, cannot work.
I will share in upcoming pieces what I have learned, the laws, and how I have used that information to push through the bureaucracy that surrounds the situation.
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