Hello everyone,
I have been in a Public School System for many years. Two years ago the Federal and State Government made so many cuts from the schools and especially to the Special Needs.
I lost my JOB!
Special education can help in many ways, from simple speech to the most dramatic issues.
Every child that needs the help, should be able to receive it!
Beginning in Preschool, there are so many children that enter, not even holding a crayon or able to use a pair of scissors.
Are they Special Needs or the lack of attention from Care Givers?
The fact is, these children need help and no one is there to help!
WAKE UP AMERICA! Our children need HELP! Education in this country, is stated to be behind, according to the BIG WIGS in Education.
SO, why would you cut funding? New York may have something here according to The New York Times.
New York State clearly needs to strengthen oversight of the fraud-riddled program that spends $2 billion a year on special education services for preschool children with learning or other disabilities. The State Education Department got off to a good start this month when it issued a preliminary reform proposal. Over the past decade, the cost of the special education program has risen to $2 billion from $792 million, though the number of students served has grown only to about 75,000 from 60,000. The Education Department does not have the expertise and personnel to conduct in-depth audits of the private contractors.
Another problem is how the program’s cost is shared. The state pays about 60 percent and counties pay the rest. But decisions about the services that particular children need are made by committees at the school district level — even though the districts pay none of the costs.
The county governments have long complained about being forced to write sizable checks with little say in the service decisions and too little authority over providers.
Finally, the Legislature should reconsider the way it has turned over the program to private companies, which not only provide the services but often evaluate a child to see what care is needed. In most states, public school districts provide the services. State officials place New York’s average cost per special-education preschool child at about $17,000, likely one of the highest rates in the nation; Massachusetts spends less than $10,000, The Times reported this year. New York’s costly program is long overdue for close scrutiny and re-evaluation.(http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/29/opinion/overhaul-special-education-for-preschool.html?ref=educationpreschool)
WOW, those are some big figures. I think that they need to evaluate those numbers, first.
The bottom line is, that EVERY CHILD should have a chance to succeed in education and life. We as Parents, need to make sure the SCHOOL SYSTEMS & LOCAL GOVERNMENT WILL HELP.
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