So the word is 'stealin'.
They were stealin' money from disabled kids.
They were stealin' to pay unregistered foreign agents to pump up some more stealin' policies and programs to make themselves more money off children of "The Poors" (always said with clinched teeth).
They were stealin' to fund political campaigns...like Bill Schuette's gubernatorial campaign.
They were stealin' because Michigan Attorney General is too busy campaigning to protect the state's vulnerable children from financial crimes like false claims and Medicaid fraud in child welfare.
They were stealin' because the new special education policy is to make these kids at the age of 16 to drop out of school, particularly if it is an alternative educational cyber school, to go to mandatory Work First program, where they will sit in a room 8 hours a day until a good slave wage factory job opens up.
It is either that or SNAP benefits get cut off which are only about $180 a month, but if the kid is lucky enough to have made it through an SSI appeal process, which takes years, they will get about $20 to $100 to eat.
"Work or die", which is another reason kids end up being trafficked.
Gotta eat.
This is what Michigan calls its Youth In Transition, special educational programming.
So much for persuing an education.
This report was generated by groupthink, where reality was excluded from the construction of any of its exogenous variables to address the students, and not why these foreign, social impact investment programs need more money.
Children who live in poverty have a hard time learning, let alone finding a quality and affordable place to live, but, of course, this was not included in the study becuase it is not a profitable component of stealin'.
Study: Michigan special education is underfunded by $700M
"In short, school districts must reduce the amount they spend on all students by $459 per pupil to cover the shortfall in special education funding," the report says.
The report concludes that Michigan's special education students need more resources to reach their full potential. It also recommends more training for teachers and the expansion of an early intervention program.
Some of those recommendations, including prohibiting the use of seclusion and restraint in dealing with students — except for in emergency situations — have become law since they were suggested.
That subcommittee was asked to review funding models in other states and identify areas of priority that Michigan needs to invest in.
The amount of money the state spends on special education has declined 15.6% — from $238 million during the 2011-12 school year to $201 million in 2015-16, according to the report.
While enrollment has also been on the decline, the amount of funding has decreased far faster than the enrollment declines. For instance, Michigan had 197,788 special education students during the 2016-17 school year, down from 214,615 over a five-year period. That represents a 7.8% decline.
Marcie Lipsitt, an outspoken advocate for special education students and parents, was among the 11 people who served on the subcommittee. She said she's pleased that one of her key issues - training for teachers - made it into the recommendations. Additional money won't matter if teachers aren't capable of effectively working with students, she said.
"It's recognizing that making substantial changes to our teacher preparation programs is critical to improving the outcomes of children with IEPs," Lipsitt said.
The report highlights why the funding matters:
- Michigan's efforts to meet federal special education requirements has been identified as needing assistance for two or more consecutive years by the U.S. Department of Education.
- Educational outcomes for Michigan special education students "are lagging behind those of other states."
- Special ed students are more than 20% more likely to have below average academic growth in English language arts and math.
- 62% of students with individualized education programs (IEPs) were not proficient in reading at the 8th grade level; 82% were not proficient in math.
- 55% of special education students graduate within four years, compared to nearly 80% for all students.
- Students with disabilities score more than 200 points lower on the SAT than students without disabilities.
Meanwhile, the report identified seven areas of priority for investment. Among the recommendations:
- Expand Early On in Michigan services. Early On is a program that provides early intervention services to infants and toddlers with developmental delays and/or disabilities.
- Provide financial incentives for pre-kindergarten and K-12 schools to implement best practices in special education services.
- Increase support for community-based employment transition services for students starting at age 16.
- Increase support for professional development for teachers to prepare them to meet the needs of all students.
- Reduce inequities based on ZIP code.
- Provide schools with both the per-pupil grant the state provides for all children and an amount equal to 28% of a child's special education expenses. Currently, schools receive one or the other - depending on which is greater.
- Fund regional family support service resource centers.
Special Education Funding Subcommittee Report Submitted to Lt. Governor Brian Calley November 2017 by Beverly Tran on Scribd
The following is a communication sent to me by a parent attempting to access her child's special educational records from the private educational service provider K-12 that only took the Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette about 6 months to respond:
Citizen Inquiry No.: 2017-cp07051438917-A-C
Attorney General Bill Schuette has asked me to respond to your complaint regarding the JTS Ecourse Schools. I regret the delay with responding to your inquiry. This Department receives hundreds of letters and e-mails each week, making some delays inevitable.
It appears your issue is one that may fall under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). The U.S. Department of Education is the federal agency that administers this Act. You may find information regarding filing a complaint at the following website: https://studentprivacy.ed.gov/
You may wish to consult a private attorney. An attorney would directly represent your interests and is the one whose advice would be most helpful to you. If you need assistance with locating an attorney, I suggest you call the State Bar Lawyer Referral Service at 1-(800) 968-0738. The service is available Monday through Friday between 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. You will be provided with the name of an attorney in your area who accepts cases like yours. The lawyers are required to have malpractice insurance, and although the lawyers are not free, they will charge a reduced fee for the first visit. If affordability is a chief concern to you, be sure to inform the operator that you need pro bono assistance and would like information on legal aid programs and law school clinics. You can also explore the State Bar’s website at www.michbar.orgunder the tab "For the Public."
The Attorney General is responsible for providing legal advice and representation to various state department and officials. State law, however, does not permit the attorney general to act as an attorney for private individuals. Therefore, the office of Attorney General is unable to advise or represent you in this matter.
On behalf of Attorney General Bill Schuette, I hope you find this information helpful.
Raymond O. Howd
Division Chief
Health, Education & Family Services Division
Not only does the State of Michigan sell off children's educational data, unreported to the highest bidder, it makes the parent, more than likely a member of "The Poors" (always said with clinched teeth) as the parent probably cannot hold a regular job due to the fact that they are caring for the child with special needs and spending the rest of the time searching for services, real services, not those phantom services that only exist on a pretty shiney brochure, but, Bill Schuette wants "The Poors" to hire an attorney to access student educational records.Now follow me.
If a parent is successful in securing a pro bono attorney to represent their special needs student, that means, by the time the case is litigated because you know darn well there is going to be a battle in discovery, being that we are dealing with a private, and not a public, educational organization, the child in need of special educational services will have lost at least a year in school.
This is another reason why the enrolled number of special educational students has dropped.
Sometimes, when you think these people cannot steal anything else, they will steal your will to fight because the Michigan Attorney General already allowed these private corporations to steal your children and their legacies.
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