Special
Education Resolution
Approved
Whereas MCPS has proposed a
Least Restrictive Environment Placement Initiative to better address the needs
of the special education population; and
Whereas this initiative is
an important and necessary step but is not appropriate for responding to the
needs of all children within special education; be it therefore
RESOLVED that MCCPTA urges
MCPS to broaden the scope of its strategic plan for special education to
provide more and various alternatives in the Least Restrictive Environment
placement for those students who will not be otherwise able to derive
educational benefit from an LRE placement, and be it further
RESOLVED that MCPS shall
specifically broaden the continuum of services in the least restrictive
environment available to students in special education by exploring and
providing a full continuum of services and placement choices with a full range
of options within and be it further
RESOLVED
that MCCPTA urges MCPS to consider implementation of a choice based model that
requires consideration of multiple alternatives so that special education
students may exercise more control over their educational options.