Article Changes to Your Child's Special Education Program

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Changes to Your Child's Special Education Program

By: Ira M. Fingles, Esq. and Hillary D. Freeman, Esq.

NOTE: This spring, our office has heard from scores of families facing

challenges to their son or daughter's placement. In response to these new

reports from school districts throughout the state, we've updated and

re-published this article on changes to special education placements.

Increasingly, school districts are proposing changes to a student's

placement against the parents' wishes. When this occurs, parents need to

know how to exercise their rights. School districts may give many reasons

for making such changes, and parents should understand theirs and their

children's rights, the law as it applies to processes and timelines, and

what they should and shouldn't do if they disagree with a suggested change

in program or placement.

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