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Mother urges Congress to back federal school-choice tax scholarship for students with disabilities
Summary
During public comment, a mother of a student with Down syndrome urged Congress to pass a federal "choice tax scholarship" so parents can choose education that meets special-needs students' needs, saying local classrooms offered little academic instruction.
A mother of Samuel, a student with Down syndrome, urged Congress during public comment to pass a federal “choice tax scholarship” so parents can direct education for children with disabilities, saying local schools had offered “babysitting” rather than instruction.
The commentor, who did not give her name, said her son required an individualized education program (IEP) and that the district where he first enrolled provided a classroom “with coloring books and crayons and a jungle gym” rather than an appropriate curriculum. “They planned on babysitting him and Samuel did not need a babysitter, he needed an education,” she said.
The mother said choosing a different school allowed Samuel to access “appropriate…
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