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Parents tell Senate panel teletherapy, assistant rules and MIPE changes strip services and parental voice
Summary
Multiple parents described cancellations of individualized assistant services, proposals that tighten T‑1 eligibility, and cases where MIPE entries and late 'ofrecimientos' remove parental ability to secure remedio provisional.
SAN JUAN — Several parents who addressed a Senate special commission on May 14 said departmental changes to how assistants (T‑1) are assigned, and the MIPE electronic system that tracks placements, are shrinking access to individualized support for students with disabilities.
An unnamed parent who opened the hearing said assistants are “our eyes” in schools and criticized a guidance document that limits assistants to strictly physical needs such as hygiene or feeding. “Hay estudiantes que por sus necesidades sensoriales, conductuales, neurológicas… requieren de la…
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