Government Education Website for disabled kids disappears as DeVos takes office

[P@triot]

Who are you to decide who is qualified and who is unqualified? The American people have spoken my dear.

jesus fucking christ, is there anything you don't get straight-up ass backwards?? QUALIFICATION to be an educator has this specific standard we informed people call a DEGREE in EDUCATION. i happen to have one of those but again dum dum, ms devious' lack of qualification is not about me.

And what an educator you must be. For starters, you had no idea that the Department of Education was unconstitutional. Second, you had no idea that the Department of Education was unnecessary. Third, you can't accept the fact that We the People have spoken. We elected President Trump to appoint people like Betsy DeVos - people who received a real education in the private school sector. Fourth, you inability to maintain your composure - even over the internet - is a sad indictment on the state of educators and why the American people are calling for change. Fifth, your language is what we would expect from an uneducated, public school graduate - and certainly not the type of person that should be influencing young people.

The bottom line is this - you're so afraid that you're going to lose your cushy little government job in which you get paid above national average to do no work in a less than part time capacity. Well, one could only hope that was true. However my dear, that is highly unlikely. So you can take a breath, consume more alcohol at 3:30 in the afternoon because your day is over (after laughably starting at 9:15 a.m.) and know that you'll never have to put in a real day of work in your life. Ok? Better now?

 

[P@triot]

jesus fucking christ...QUALIFICATION to be an educator has this specific standard we informed people call a DEGREE in EDUCATION. i happen to have one of those but again dum dum, ms devious' lack of qualification is not about me.

Ohhhhh....I see the problem here. This whole time I thought you were one of those left-wing nutters with an agenda. But in reality, you're just an idiot. You're panties are all up in a bunch because you think Mrs. DeVos is going to take your job without a degree in education.

No my dear. Mrs. DeVos will not be educating a single child. Literally...not even one. She will be overseeing an unconstitutional government bureaucracy. Students don't come to their facility and she and her staff don't go to them. One does not need an degree in education to oversee an unconstitutional government bureaucracy. In fact, a degree in education would be detrimental in that situation as overseeing large, unconstitutional government bureaucracies require real-world concepts and real-world experience.

 

[P@triot]

and no, the American people did not vote to leave treatment of disabled students up to unqualified private educators just winging things 'state to state' just AS MS DEVIOUS CLEARLY STATED, regardless of any webpage snafu...THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID.

Well...actually....they did. However my dear, whether they voted to do that or not is completely irrelevant. The U.S. Constitution dictates that "leaving the treatment of disabled students up to the [very qualified] private educators of each state" is the law. Now, if you had gotten a real education instead of going to college for the sole purpose of landing a job where no real work was required, you would have learned about the U.S. Constitution.

P.S. - for the record....I love teachers. Most are among the best people on earth. It's just that you happen to be one of those that put your own selfish wants ahead of the educational needs of the children and the ahead of the law.

 

[P@triot]

I hate to burst your bubble but this is not 1817, when parents met with the teacher in a one room school house to tell her what to teach their kids.

I hate to burst your bubble Flopper (ok...I lied...I love to burst your bubble of ignorance and idealism) but the exact same law that governed education in 1817 - the U.S. Constitution - exists today untouched in the original format with regards to education. Game. Set. Mach. You lose buttercup.

 

[P@triot]

Today, parents have little interest in controlling the schools. I've taught several grade levels and have never had a parent tell me what they thought their kids should be taught. The only interest they have is how their child is doing in school.

Well that's scary - though not at all surprising - that someone as uninformed as you would be teaching children. Literally everyone I know is greatly concerned about what their child is learning. That's why many of us contacted our state legislatures about Common Core. We had a massive push to end it. We also have school board meetings to discuss curriculum.

You're either a pathological liar or you are teaching at some really pitiful district where the parents are all strung out on crack (probably the only place you are qualified to teach). Being that you are a left-winger, I'm betting it's A. (pathological liar). That is the M.O. of your side of the aisle.

 

[boedicca]

What this really means is that she wants poor parents to be able to choose the schools their children attend just like well off ones are able to do. She has personally donated $ millions to private schools that benefit disadvantaged kids.

What you loons want is to protect Teachers' Unions donations to the Democrats at the expense of poor students.

Unfortunately for her, the Job of Secretary of Education is not just to be an advocate for school choice but rather to administer an agency of 17,000 employees with a 14 billion dollar budget and over 300 program mandated by law, a job that she is pitifully ill equipped to handle.

The Department of Education shouldn't exist just to employ 17,000 bureaucrats. It would be better to return the money to the states and to abolish the entire thing...after reversing a the Obabble nonsense regarding Fake Rape culture, Fake Diversity training, Mooch's school lunches etc.

If there were no US Department of Education and instead the federal goverment made block grants to the states, the number of employees in every state department of education would skyrocket. That is, economies of scale gained by having a single office handle a function common to all states would be lost and replaced with 50 different offices and staffs.

Consider just the 100 billion dollars in federal aid to education which goes to 5.4 million students in higher education and over 13,000 K-12 school districts. It is administered by 1500 employees in the Office of Federal Aid in the US DOE. If each of the 50 states, administered their share of these funds it would require a minimum of 5,000 employees for all states but this could easy be several times that number. The same would be true for dozens of functions done at the federal level for the states. Many of these functions would have to be duplicated in every state.

Data gathering would be different for each state often designed to create a picture of success in education compared to other states. Methods would change over time as political control of each state government changed. It would be impossible to compare progress between states or even progress between different time period. A treasure trove of data gathered from across the country on educational outcomes and the demographics of student and teacher populations would be lost over time. This data is essential for administrators to determine programs, techniques, and policies that are successful.

If it was such a good idea to abandon any central control of education, one would think other nations would have done this. However, the facts are that there is no major nation on the planet that has abandoned central control of education. In fact, the top ten countries measured by student achievement have standardize curriculum nationally which the US has not done, has the authority to override local funded educational programs, which the US does not have, and has the authority to institute programs proved nationally to be effective, which the US does not have.

Here’s What Would Actually Happen If Rand Paul Eliminated The Department Of Education
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B'loney. The rate of the growth of administrators are all levels of education has vastly outstripped that of teaching personnel. Decentralize the system so that parents and local communities control their schools. A lot of the overhead goes into reporting to centralized power structures, which adds no value in the classroom.

I hate to burst your bubble but this is not 1817, when parents met with the teacher in a one room school house to tell her what to teach their kids.

Today, parents have little interest in controlling the schools. I've taught several grade levels and have never had a parent tell me what they thought their kids should be taught. The only interest they have is how their child is doing in school.

Popular notions about the number of administrators working in school districts tend to center on two perceptions: First, there are too many, and second, the number of administrators is growing at the expense of instruction.

The facts simply do support this opinion. U.S. Department of Education data show that total central-office administrative and professional staff represent less than 1 percent of the total staff of public school districts. Principals and assistant principals add only another 2.4 percent to this figure, according to data published by the National Center for Education Statistics. These percentages have remained fairly constant over the last 20 years.

You need only to look at the business community to see that decentralization of homogeneous business segments is inefficient and costly. If you do away with the US Dept of Education you increase the cost and decrease services in all state DOE's. If you abolish the state DOE, you will increase the cost in every school district and decrease services.

AASA | American Association of School Administrators

^^^ Translation: thinks the Government owns children ^^^

 

[Valerie]

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) ensures that all children with disabilities are entitled to a free appropriate public education to meet their unique needs and prepare them for further education, employment, and independent living. Prior to IDEA, over 4 million children with disabilities were denied appropriate access to public education. Many children were denied entry into public school altogether, while others were placed in segregated classrooms, or in regular classrooms without adequate support for their special needs (Katsiyannis, Yell, Bradley, 2001; Martin, Martin, Terman, 1996; U.S. Department of Education, 2010).

IDEA has four distinct sections; sections A, B, C and D. Part A of IDEA lays out the basic foundation for the rest of the Act. This section defines the terms used within the Act as well as providing for the creation of the Office of Special Education Programs, which is responsible for administering and carrying out the terms of IDEA (IDEA, 1997).

Part B of IDEA is the section which lays out the educational guidelines for school children 3-21 years of age. By law, states are required to educate students with disabilities (Martin, Martin, & Terman, 1996). IDEA provides financial support for state and local school districts. However to receive funding, school districts must comply with six main principles set out by IDEA:

• Every child is entitled to a free and appropriate public education (FAPE).
• When a school professional believes that a student between the ages of 3 and 21 may have a disability that has substantial impact on the student's learning or behavior, the student is entitled to an evaluation in all areas related to the suspected disability.
• Creation of an Individualized Education Plan (IEP). The purpose of the IEP is to lay out a series of specific actions and steps through which educational providers, parents and the student themselves may reach the child's stated goals.
• That the education and services for children with disabilities must be provided in the least restrictive environment, and if possible, those children be placed in a "typical" education setting with non-disabled students.
• Input of the child and their parents must be taken into account in the education process.
• When a parent feels that an IEP is inappropriate for their child, or that their child is not receiving needed services, they have the right under IDEA to challenge their child's treatment (due process). (DREDF, 2008; Kastiyannis, Yell, Bradley, 2001; Turnbull, Huerta, & Stowe, 2004).

Part C of IDEA recognizes the need for identifying and reaching very young children with disabilities. This portion of IDEA provides guidelines concerning the funding and services to be provides to children from birth through 2 years of age. Families are entitled to several services through part C of IDEA (IDEA, 1997).

• Every family is entitled to appropriate, timely, and multidisciplinary identification and intervention services for their very young child. These services must be made available to all families with infants and toddlers.
• Families are required to receive an Individualized family Service Plan (IFSP). This plan lays out the priorities, resources and concerns of the family. In addition it describes the goals of the child, the services to be provided to the child, and steps for eventual transitioning of the child into formal education.
• Families have a right to participate in the creation of the IFSP, and must give consent prior to the initiation of intervention services.
• Lastly, parents are entitled to timely resolution of all conflicts or complaints regarding the evaluation or services provided to their child.

The final section of IDEA, part D, describes national activities to be undertaken to improve the education of children with disabilities. These activities include grants to improve the education and transitional services provided to students with disabilities. In addition this section provides resources to support programs, projects and activities which contribute positive results for children with disabilities (IDEA, 1997).

In 2010 the U.S. Department of Education published a report acknowledging the 35th anniversary of IDEA. The report highlighted many of the achievements gained as a result of this legislation including the increase in college enrollment and decrease in high school dropouts.

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

 

[Valerie]

IDEA was originally enacted by Congress in 1975 to ensure that children with disabilities have the opportunity to receive a free appropriate public education, just like other children.

This website is full of information about IDEA. We are pleased to connect you with:

• Summaries of IDEA’s requirements, which shape what school systems do;
• IDEA itself—to read IDEA’s exact words, you can either download a copy of the law and its regulations, or read them here online;
• Guidance on IDEA from the Office of Special Education Programs at the U.S. Department of Education; and
• Training materials on IDEA that you can use to fully inform yourself and others.

Use the links above to find the type of information you’re looking for on IDEA. It’s a great law! Complicated, to be sure, but well worth understanding and implementing.

IDEA—the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act | Center for Parent Information and Resources

 

[Valerie]

The U.S. Constitution dictates that "leaving the treatment of disabled students up to the [very qualified] private educators of each state" is the law.

It's just that you happen to be one of those that put your own selfish wants ahead of the educational needs of the children and the ahead of the law.

I.D.E.A. is the standard set under FEDERAL LAW.

ms devious and her apologists are the selfish deplorable ones who now openly refuse to uphold that standard.

 

[Valerie]

If you think your child needs special education services, you have to follow a legal process to make it happen. This process can be confusing. It can involve several laws. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is the most important one to understand.


As the nation’s special education law, IDEA provides rights and protections to children with disabilities and to their parents. Learning your rights under IDEA can make it easier for your child to get the help he needs (and is legally entitled to) at school.

How IDEA Protects You and Your Child

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) ensures that all children with disabilities are entitled to a free appropriate public education to meet their unique needs and prepare them for further education, employment, and independent living. Prior to IDEA, over 4 million children with disabilities were denied appropriate access to public education. Many children were denied entry into public school altogether, while others were placed in segregated classrooms, or in regular classrooms without adequate support for their special needs (Katsiyannis, Yell, Bradley, 2001; Martin, Martin, Terman, 1996; U.S. Department of Education, 2010).

IDEA has four distinct sections; sections A, B, C and D. Part A of IDEA lays out the basic foundation for the rest of the Act. This section defines the terms used within the Act as well as providing for the creation of the Office of Special Education Programs, which is responsible for administering and carrying out the terms of IDEA (IDEA, 1997).

Part B of IDEA is the section which lays out the educational guidelines for school children 3-21 years of age. By law, states are required to educate students with disabilities (Martin, Martin, & Terman, 1996). IDEA provides financial support for state and local school districts. However to receive funding, school districts must comply with six main principles set out by IDEA:

• Every child is entitled to a free and appropriate public education (FAPE).
• When a school professional believes that a student between the ages of 3 and 21 may have a disability that has substantial impact on the student's learning or behavior, the student is entitled to an evaluation in all areas related to the suspected disability.
• Creation of an Individualized Education Plan (IEP). The purpose of the IEP is to lay out a series of specific actions and steps through which educational providers, parents and the student themselves may reach the child's stated goals.
• That the education and services for children with disabilities must be provided in the least restrictive environment, and if possible, those children be placed in a "typical" education setting with non-disabled students.
• Input of the child and their parents must be taken into account in the education process.
• When a parent feels that an IEP is inappropriate for their child, or that their child is not receiving needed services, they have the right under IDEA to challenge their child's treatment (due process). (DREDF, 2008; Kastiyannis, Yell, Bradley, 2001; Turnbull, Huerta, & Stowe, 2004).

Part C of IDEA recognizes the need for identifying and reaching very young children with disabilities. This portion of IDEA provides guidelines concerning the funding and services to be provides to children from birth through 2 years of age. Families are entitled to several services through part C of IDEA (IDEA, 1997).

• Every family is entitled to appropriate, timely, and multidisciplinary identification and intervention services for their very young child. These services must be made available to all families with infants and toddlers.
• Families are required to receive an Individualized family Service Plan (IFSP). This plan lays out the priorities, resources and concerns of the family. In addition it describes the goals of the child, the services to be provided to the child, and steps for eventual transitioning of the child into formal education.
• Families have a right to participate in the creation of the IFSP, and must give consent prior to the initiation of intervention services.
• Lastly, parents are entitled to timely resolution of all conflicts or complaints regarding the evaluation or services provided to their child.

The final section of IDEA, part D, describes national activities to be undertaken to improve the education of children with disabilities. These activities include grants to improve the education and transitional services provided to students with disabilities. In addition this section provides resources to support programs, projects and activities which contribute positive results for children with disabilities (IDEA, 1997).

In 2010 the U.S. Department of Education published a report acknowledging the 35th anniversary of IDEA. The report highlighted many of the achievements gained as a result of this legislation including the increase in college enrollment and decrease in high school dropouts.

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

And your point is?

 

[Valerie]

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) asked DeVos about the federal Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), which requires public schools to provide children with disabilities a “free appropriate public education” and governs how states and public agencies provide various services to millions of students.

Kaine asked her if she believes that all schools that receive federal funding — whether public, public charter or private — should be required to meet the requirements of IDEA.

She responded: “I think they already are.”

Kaine: “But I’m asking you a should question. Whether they are or not, we’ll get into that later.” He then repeated his question.

DeVos said: “I think that is a matter that is best left to the states.”

Kaine responded: “So some states might be good to kids with disabilities and other states might not be so good and, what then, people can just move around the country if they don’t like how kids are being treated?”

Devos repeated: “I think that’s an issue that’s best left to the states.”

Kaine said: “What about the federal requirement? It’s a federal law, the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act,” and he repeated his question.

DeVos began speaking about a Florida voucher program for students with disabilities that requires students to sign away their IDEA due process rights.


Betsy DeVos apparently ‘confused’ about federal law protecting students with disabilities

 

[P@triot]

The U.S. Constitution dictates that "leaving the treatment of disabled students up to the [very qualified] private educators of each state" is the law.

It's just that you happen to be one of those that put your own selfish wants ahead of the educational needs of the children and the ahead of the law.

I.D.E.A. is the standard set under FEDERAL LAW.

ms devious and her apologists are the selfish deplorable ones who now openly refuse to uphold that standard.

My dear - the U.S. Constitution trumps ALL laws. The Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution establishes it as the supreme law of the land. Therefore it trumps "I.D.E.A.". And the U.S. Constitution explicitly restricts the federal government to 18 enumerated powers - of which education is not one of them. It then goes on to explicitly state that anything outside of those 18 enumerated powers "are reserved to the states and the people" (the 10th Amendment). The federal government has 0 authority with education and involving themselves in it is illegal. There is simply no case you can make to justify it.

 

[P@triot]

Kaine responded: “So some states might be good to kids with disabilities and other states might not be so good and, what then, people can just move around the country if they don’t like how kids are being treated?”

Devos repeated: “I think that’s an issue that’s best left to the states.”

My dear....she's not the one confused. You, Tim Kaine, and the rest of the Dumbocrats are. Betsy DeVos just cited the U.S. Constitution. Which trumps any and all law - including the illegal/unconstitutional "I.D.E.A." law.

The left is so uninformed, so uneducated, so completely confused about how their own government is structured and operates that when people actually comply with the law, they think those people are "confused". I don't know whether to laugh or cry!

Can you imagine Dumbocrats doing that in their community. "Excuse me ma'am - I pulled you over for going 45MPH in a 35MPH zone". To which the Dumbocrat replies "Oh these officers are so CONFUSED. They just don't understand that 35 means 53".

 

[pillars]

the rest of us don't work our asses off so you can send your kids to school and sit on your ass all day. Schools are for kids who are of normal intelligence and ability to learn how to read, write, use math. They are not warehouses for the dregs of humanity. If your child needs something different, then create or find something different. But we don't spend money to dumb down schools. Not anymore.

You are referring to disabled kids as "the dregs of society"?

There is seriously something wrong with you.

 

[pillars]

I'm sure glad that Kgrill would never objectify a disabled kid.

I guess it's worse to call idiots "retarded" than it is to refer to Trig as a prop. Thank goodness you're above objectifying babies and the handicapped.

 

[jillian]

Maybe it's cause Betsy was so clueless about special needs ed ! That's why it worries people. Why even take it down ?

because it is a huge waste of resources. Huge.

Only if one is uneducable like you

 

[jillian]

the rest of us don't work our asses off so you can send your kids to school and sit on your ass all day. Schools are for kids who are of normal intelligence and ability to learn how to read, write, use math. They are not warehouses for the dregs of humanity. If your child needs something different, then create or find something different. But we don't spend money to dumb down schools. Not anymore.

You are referring to disabled kids as "the dregs of society"?

There is seriously something wrong with you.

Only one thing?

 

[percysunshine]

Trump White House takes down website pages about disabilities

The Obama White House website page labeled “Contact the Disability Issues Outreach Team | The White House” isn’t there any longer either. Click on it and it now says: “The requested page/disability-issues-contact could not be found.” And the Obama White House website’s fact sheet about expanding opportunities for people with disabilities is gone too. (You can see the former disabilities page here.)

Website for disabled kids disappears as DeVos takes office

#DeVos

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It wont be long now. Trump will be eating children alive on national TV.

 

[Dr Grump]

Yea, spot on fake news. It's been debunked over and over. Trump wasn't mocking the man's disability, he didn't even know he was disabled. He was mocking his stupidity for changing his story. He did the same exact thing to Ted Cruz.]

Bullshit.