What makes me furious is that there are lots of kids who are performing way below grade level. These kids do not have a disability. They have parents that don't speak English because they come here illegally from Mexico or they are poor and qualify for Title 1 funding help.
My daughter has severe brain damage, and the district will not provide a research-based multi-sensory reading program for her. The reading program that we are going to pay for only cost $1440 for the entire year. It's not like it is a program that cost $50,000.
I might add that the parents of the kids who are getting help do not pay taxes, and my husband and I pay tons of taxes. In fact, if we could get credit on our taxes for my daughters education then we could easily afford private school.
Technically, if a school system cannot provide an adequate education for your child, they are required to pay for one! However "adequate" is a very loose term.
I have a good friend whose grandson is severely autistic-these parents went after the schools bigtime and the child was placed in a private school and from what I understand will be attending public school for the first time in the fall-4th grade-after making enormous gains. We'll see how that goes but you better believe that these parents and grandparents will be right on it!