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Parents and advocates tell board special-education supports are inconsistent; OSD oversight and staffing questioned
Summary
Parents, advocates and union representatives described repeated failures to implement students’ IEPs, staffing shortages of SECA/paraprofessionals, missing transportation and delays; speakers and a newly elected family advisory board president called for oversight, reestablishing an advisory committee and transparent reporting
Multiple parents, advocates and union representatives told the Chicago Board of Education on Sept. 25 that special-education services are inconsistently implemented in district schools and that staffing shortages and administrative gaps are harming students.
Tremaine Reeves of SEIU Local 73 said requests for additional classroom assistants (SECAs) are going unfilled and argued the district should reestablish a Special Education (SED) advisory committee. Doctor Angel…
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