In a story about controversy over school funding based on property taxes, Heather Gillers reported a view that is not quite accurate. Ms. Gillers (Beacon News, Aurora, IL; US]) indicated that a child with Learning Disabilities would receive different services depending on school funding. Here’s the relevant part of the story:
Deborah Soles shares [another parent's] indignation. Her third-grade daughter has a learning disability and receives one-on-one help from teachers and a social worker.
If the district can’t secure funding to build and staff new buildings, the girl will have to fight for attention in classes of more than 40 students.
As I understand it, if a child’s unique educational needs require certain services, as shown in the Individualized Education Program (IEP), those services are required regardless of the cost. Absence of tax revenue is not a reason to omit services. I wonder where Ms. Gillers or Ms. Soles got the idea that it was.
Link to Ms. Gillers’ article.
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