The implications of the pandemic are still winding their way through the federal courts. Judging from the results of this past year — in which we successfully defended our undefeated status — it seems that the panic of coronavirus has not been as impactful on the special education community as we thought.
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One in four students with disabilities is not receiving any or all services, according to data the New York City Department of Education (DOE) has provided to the City Council.
The reality is that tuition reimbursement is just one thing that parents are able to do in order to protect their children's rights to a free and appropriate public education.
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The Department of Education in New York City has begun issuing demands for “satisfactory documentation” that the student continues to receive special educational methodologies during the private schools closures. Absent that documentation, the DOE is going to treat the whole time that private schools are closed as unexcused absences.
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COVID-19 has created a tremendous amount of uncertainty, and understandably so — not since the Spanish Flu has a pandemic so thoroughly interrupted our daily lives. This sobering state of affairs gives us a new perspective on how precarious our lives, and livelihoods, can be — even here in the United States. Before this, I am sure that many of us thought of ourselves as being protected from this kind of instability. If nothing else, then, I hope that this crisis pricks our collective conscience and spurs lasting, systemic reforms to our economy and healthcare system. Indeed, working parents had too much to worry about before this pandemic.
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