Indiana lawmakers ponder requiring cameras in special ed classrooms
District administrators aren’t opposed — but only if the state foots the bill. Educators have been less receptive.
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‘Parents don’t know what they don’t know’: Protections under new special education grant program raise concerns
Described as being an additional option for Hoosier students to find the best fit for their special education needs, the Indiana Education Scholarship Account, or ESA, program offers parents the ability to choose where they want to spend state dollars for their child’s education.
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New Notre Dame Law clinic focused on helping parents advocate for children with special needs
A recent Notre Dame Law School graduate will work with the director of the school’s Applied Mediation Clinic on a new project designed to serve parents as they advocate for the rights of their children diagnosed with physical and mental disabilities.
Boyce and Butler: Special education and the least restrictive environment
One of the core principles of special education law under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, or IDEA, is to provide free appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment, or LRE. But what does LRE mean?
Indiana senators cheer, laugh for rare unanimous ‘no’ vote against special education bill
An advocate for children with disabilities says she believes Indiana state senators never took seriously a bill they defeated in a rare 0-50 vote that would have changed the handling of special education disputes between families and schools.