Meedra Surrate, executive director of Parent Information Center, talks experience championing the cause and goals for special ...

May 29—when someone from Cy-Fair ISD told her that her 11-year-old son Liam would no longer have a one-on-one nurse at school ...

If you're new to special education, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by acronyms, meetings, and stacks of paperwork. But at the heart of it all is one central question: What is the actual goal of an IEP?

The IEP document is agreed upon between a student's parent, teacher and school district representatives, outlining what classroom supports are needed for a child in special education.

While many of the Board of Education's recorded meetings before 2020 don't play on the district's website, 11 News Investigates found one more on YouTube in which four special educators spoke at a ...

If you have questions about special education and IEP services in Hutchinson Public Schools please feel free to contact your child’s school or Lisa Kraft, director of Special Services, at 320 ...

Federal special education law does encourage states to adopt rules governing the process of institutions recording meetings about IEP and 504 plans.

There should be more equality among everyone at the table in an IEP meeting, and it should feel like a collaborative effort that is focused on providing kids with the resources they need to grow ...

Like many parents of a child with a learning disability, Scott Pitta is daunted by school meetings to come up with a teaching plan that accommodates his son’s autism. There’s the byzantine ...

They describe the meetings as a battlefield. They say the encounters often end with ignored concerns, belittlement or intimidation on the part of school officials toward parents.

The U.S. Supreme Court is being asked to take up a case centering on whether parents have the right to record meetings with their child’s school district about special education services. Scott Pitta ...