Sec. Linda McMahon said shifting IDEA, Section 504 enforcement to other depts. would protect special education. CT advocates disagree.
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Bridgeport schools ordered to improve special education services
A complaint, the fourth filed against Bridgeport schools since 2013, alleged the district violated the rights of special education students.
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Funding for special ed in CT got a bump this year, but is it enough?
CT injected $70 million more for special education, but it isn’t enough to meet many districts’ needs. Officials are trying to fill the gaps.
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Lamont calls legislature’s special education plan fiscally ‘irresponsible’
The special education plan would push CT’s budget $100 million over spending cap, said a strongly opposed Gov. Ned Lamont.
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Bridgeport families rallied to save special education program and won – for now
How teachers and parents fought to save Bridgeport’s only pre K-12 special education program with an in-district therapeutic school setting.
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DOJ complaint over High Road Schools names 4 CT districts
The complaint alleges special education law violations by Hartford, Bridgeport, Waterbury and Stratford schools related to High Road Schools.
