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My husband graduated from that school system. It don't make me proud that Osseo is taking this stand.

If the district had done their job in the first place none of this would have been necessary. The parents are entitled to ask for compensation for that reason alone

I’m assuming legal fees would be paid. The ability to recover costs of litigation would open up the possibility for other parties to pursue lawsuits for their rights, which is a key barrier now because of the standard this case challenges.

I give it less than a month before RFK shifts his eugenics sights on the disabled. I'm not sure that legal victories matter when Mengele is still allowed to be in charge.

there is zero excuse for the girl in this article to be treated this way as well. ZERO.

As if it wasn’t difficult enough

I wish Minnesota would just do what's right!

Not to mention private schools that manage certain kinds of disabilities usually have one or two in the entire state and cost about $30,000 + or more for elementary school and if your child needs to have physical support add a personal care assistant (PCA) expense.

Kentucky arranged her schedule - but Minnesota said nah - and that’s how we got here essentially.

US has two systems: early intervention (state agency - birth to 3rd bday) and education (schools - 3+ yrs). Typically depends on severity when kids get dx. IDEA (federal special ed law) doesn’t allow waiting lists.

Kudos to you.

It's crazy how some of the commenters are holding up this exasperating case of systemic failure as a reason to increase systemic failure across the board by defunding the system altogether.

Why? Because this happened with the Department of Education and HHS fully intact. And it didn't help.

All the events in this case happened years ago in Minnesota, where Trump has little influence. Even if Trump was "against everything" as you claimed, that would make no difference in how the school district paid -- or didn't pay -- the money. Not everything is about Trump.

We are all responsible.

The last sentence is the clincher. They don’t care about helping disabled children unless they know they will be financially penalized for it.

Exactly why I’m concerned I don’t have kids I’m childfree but I do have adhd I was diagnosed at 9 with inattentive type I was in Special education classes and had an iep with access to notes and extra time on tests. Kids with disabilities deserve reasonable accommodations to succeed and learn

Now I think it's important to note that there is a HUGE income disparity between the residents of Maple Grove and Brooklyn Park. Brooklyn Park is a BIPOC community with diverse immigrant neighborhoods. Maple Grove is mostly wealthy white people. Brian Thompson, the insurance CEO, lived there.

This case is not related to Trump. The problem happened years ago in Minnesota.

Someone should be suing that "court" for willful ignorance. "Abortion is not in the Constitution" -Alito

Enough! 😱

SCOTUS

So the future of education is overcrowded, voucher funded catholic schools with public schools becoming the dumping grounds for kids with disabilities and behavior issues.

Importantly, though, that was a secular private school, not a Catholic school, and school vouchers wouldn’t have been nearly enough to cover it. And had I been able to thrive in a public school setting, and get a comparable education there, that would still have been better.

I was grateful that I didn’t have to have an official medical diagnosis to get my son help through an IEP. Especially grateful now that RFK is creating an autism registry/“study”. I hope they don’t change that.

It’s a wise investment when children are provided with FAPE.

That you are f--king wealthy if not you dont need to live in trumps world.

This is in the Olmsted Act & the ADA. 47 wants to get rid of both.

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If it’s one thing that families with special needs children need, is more hassle. Thanks tech bros!

Damn it, we just lost one of our fiercest champions…we need to continue her legacy 🇺🇸⭐️ Judy Heumann, who dedicated her life to changing the legal landscape for disabled Americans, died on Saturday at age 75. 💔

Should it need to be any more sophisticated than a doctor filling out a form? I think if they have a doctor filling out the form saying that the child needs particular assistance, they should get that particular assistance. It shouldn't be more elaborate than that.

why isn't the answer to that NOT rocket science?

Should prove intetesting!!

Dear SCOTUS. Be very fucking careful. The families of children with disabilities are chronically exhausted and the last thing you want to do is to piss them off.

Let's settle this right now: Alito and Thomas (and maybe the other cons) will find that Federal law grants no inherent constitutional right for people in need to be helped by the government. (sigh) Okay, what else ya got?

Help the kids/ students with Disabilities!!!

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I didn’t have to prove anything. The school said they would evaluate my son by putting him in regular a kindergarten class. Within a few days, I had an IEP meeting and he was receiving services and still is.

Have lawmakers sit in one of those classes all day at a public school and then leave and say they need less money. If they do visit across all 50 states, teachers would be getting salary increases and not only in special needs classes, just saying!

wut

Why is it up to the parents? cbwrong.blogspot.com?m=1

Your post is misleading clickbait.

This is these Childrens Civil Rights to be educated the same as other children. They Can Not Discriminate Against These Childrens Disibiltys. Amazing how the SCOTUS takes these cases so quick. Isnt It ?

Also, ed tech positions usually have very low pay for what those amazing people do. 💔

I don't know why Minnesota refuses to fund it. 🤬

Public schools always find money for sports.

I find the intro by NPR to be misleading. After reading the article, it appears the family did prevail and their daughter is receiving the services they deemed necessary. The family now wants Compensatory Damages, and that is the case before the Supreme Court.

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Accommodations need to be thoughtful, and having a diverse workforce helps come up with better ideas for meeting these without being onerous. Sounds like this district needs some education…

I've heard that Massachusetts is the only good state for special ed accommodations. Haven't checked it out pesonally.

The child in this case requires a 1-2 adults: 1 child ratio. Of course it’s a battle. I feel for the parents and hope they get respite. But this doesn’t create the expert professionals required to get a profoundly disabled teen presenting as an 18 month old a meaningful improvement in learning.

Most [insert position type here] are useless for anything but the most straightforward issues… This statement works for mechanics, plumbers, accountants, doctors, cashiers, lawyers, etc. - and special ed is no exception.

My son’s medical condition was initially diagnosed as eczema. Actually, his leg wasn’t growing. People make mistakes, even “experts”, even experts with 8 years of college/med school and a residency. paras who excel with kids with Down’s may need terrible with a kid with emotional disabilities.

There's literally whole positions that test and verify children's special educational needs. It's called school psychology. Every district, at least in Ohio, has one.

Counting on the Supreme Court, when at least five of them know they were, “Bought and paid for.”

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At one time our education professionals were able to make these types of determinations, but now they have been handcuffed by the right and their anti-woke sentiment and they no longer are able to. WOKE=DECENCY, ANTI-WOKE = INDECENT.

The state’s Dept of Ed enforces compliance with state ed code and federal ed laws. Parents can file complaint that a district is out of compliance or file a due process complaint for an administrative hearing. If not satisfied by outcome, parents can appeal in federal court.

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This case does not involve the Trump administration. It's from a school in deep blue Minnesota.

So, you're siding with the parents against the school?

You raise a fair point, @suziqblue.bsky.social Teachers have an increasingly thankless job. The school has a valid concern (liability); the parents have a point (clear standards of care). Hopefully, reasonable minds will prevail here in favor of consistent, quality advocacy for children.

I am one of those parents who fought with everything I had to get my child with disabilities the services he needs. Instead, he got mocked by a "para" by mimicking my child's Tourette's. And the school kept this person.

Interesting, to prove? Why produce medical records? But Each child should be evaluated.

Why would the Extreme Court even take this case?

Reagan got elected in 1980.

My daughter was in preschool for 3 years and in that time learned 3 letters. She could count to 10 only. They said she didn’t need any special help. We got a private neuropsych and she has several diagnoses and an iq of 73. We pulled her out to homeschool but yeah this is a huge, systemic issue.

The fact thatthos needs to be heard and that they are making time to HEAR it smfh

Our system is pretty broken. It has been for awhile due to greed, underfunding and tying school funds to property taxes. If we were a Christian nation we would help the least of these... but those who claim Christ dont follow his word. We need to very seriously think about ending corporate welfare

Your description is misleading. The write up says the appeal is about compensating damages, not whether the young lady should get the services. That has already been settled. This is about punishing the school system for not providing the services initially.

We need to focus the fight on Minnesota, where the student in question was denied education.

If they’re going to fight servicing students harder than they fight for the student, part of me feels like they SHOULD be crippled. And I say that as a SPED teacher who is constantly at odds with my district because I fight hard for what my kids need.

Obviously not Minnesota!

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They are an illegitimate body now.

Spoiler alert. They need to be rich. Anyone else? Well, they were compiling a list of all people with autism, privacy and other laws don't matter. I doubt they were doing it to provide extra assistance. I fear the rightful outcry just pushed their schedule back.