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| Michigan Lt.Governor Brian Calley |
These are my responses and you know I did it Tran style to bring home the point, again, that Michigan needs to remain under federal court oversight for its child welfare.
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It sucks.
"On a scale of 1 to 5, how satisfied are you with your child’s IEP (Individualized Education Plan)?">On a scale of 1 to 5, how satisfied are you with your child’s IEP (Individualized Education Plan)?
Is 'satisfied' even an option? Most schools do not even do them and if they do, who knows how long it will take to even execute.
How included do you feel in decisions regarding your child’s education?
Oh, a parent can actually have a say in their child's education? Wow. Great news for Michigan...I guess if it was actually true.
Has your child ever been subjected to restraints or seclusion?
Does the sun rise in the morning?
Do you feel the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) provides adequate opportunities for you to comment on special education issues in Michigan?
Only if the parent has advanced knowledge of state administrative websites and basic civic education to know to contact elected representatives to construct a greivance or present formal statement into the record. I guess that would be a solid, "No".
Absolutely not. Let us begin with a child in foster care. Parents are excluded from participating in a child's education and medical, contrary to federal and state policies. This is going to be a growing population as many special educational services are referred out as child neglect in order to access greater resources under court approved funding. I include residential institutions and juvenile justice populations. The Michigan Children's Institute Superintendent, legal guardian of all state wards, fails, knowingly and willingly, to provide input into a child's education as the child welfare agencies managing the cases can make decisions based upon 'religious beliefs' contrary to medical and legal precedents.
When there are proposed changes to administrative rules regarding special education, what is the best way for the state to keep you informed about those changes?
Public notice. Email. Press releases. Dissemination by school districts, elected officials, community groups, media interviews of the administrators. I can go on but, then again you can always contract me for assistance.
What is your most urgent concern regarding your child's education that you want Lt. Gov. Calley and state leaders to know about?
The greater the increase in budget cuts to programs and services, there is a direct, positive correlation to the rate of demand for special needds programs and services.
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