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Teachers and union tell Senate the department's pandemic response left special-education students behind
Summary
Union leaders and classroom teachers told the Senate commission the department did not conduct a dedicated study of pandemic effects on special-education students, failed to include teachers in planning, and left gaps in access to devices, therapies and protocols; they urged school-level autonomy and concrete operational plans.
Representatives of the Asociación de Maestros de Puerto Rico (AMPR) and classroom teachers told the Senate's Special Commission on Legislative Monitoring that the Department of Education did not conduct a comprehensive study documenting how the COVID-19 pandemic affected students in the special-education program, and that teachers were excluded from the development of recovery modules and contingency protocols.
AMPR presenters said the department often prepared guidance and memoranda without prior consultation with the union and that the union was not invited to participate in committees that designed reopening protocols or emergency guidance. The AMPR also reported outstanding operational issues including…
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