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Lawyered up

By JohnL on Jul. 13, 2006.

Eric Louie of the Contra Costa Times (CA, US) reported that Guy Houston, are representative in the a California Assembly, convened a meeting of parents to hear about their complaints about the Contra Costa local education agency’s (LEA) operation of special education programs. Parents complained that their children are “Not getting the special-ed services to which they’re legally entitled, getting unqualified instructors and getting schoolwork that was too far below their learning level.” Parents pointed at six- to seven-fold increase in the LEA’s expenditure of legal fees as an index of the problems. Mr. Houston is reported to have said, “Everyone’s lawyered up.”

Administrators at the LEA dispute the claims. Read Mr. Louie’s story here.

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