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Board discusses MDE complaints and potential FERPA exposure in special education packet
Summary
A board member said they filed MDE complaints alleging lapses in special education services; the superintendent described training and improvement plans while another board member flagged possible FERPA violations and urged redaction and parental review of student records.
A board member said several staff brought concerns about special education services and that they filed a Michigan Department of Education complaint so the state could investigate. The member said the complaint process cost the district nothing and that the packet on board tables contained information teachers supplied to show alleged lapses in services.
The superintendent responded that the district had provided training, weekly special education director meetings, progressive discipline for staff and administrator improvement plans; she also cited a June 20 state email from Dana Billings announcing regular state meetings about certification and substitute teacher issues. Separately, a board member raised a point of order asserting some packet materials contained personally identifying student information and advised parents of Hazel Park Junior High to review PowerSchool records and consider FERPA questions.
