Mom to officials: Stop forcing severely disabled kids to take high-stakes tests

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Only after climbing a mountain of paperwork and garnering media attention was Ethan granted a medical waiver for the FAA. Despite assurances at his IEP meeting that the waiver would be granted again for this school year, the school district demanded paperwork proving his continued medical fragility. The insult to this injury was that he was on his deathbed – the school district and the state of Florida required a letter from hospice care stating he was unable to take the FAA.

This incident caused anguish to my family and his teacher, and shows a stunning lack of compassion and even common sense on the part of the Department of Education. His exceptionally talented teacher faced threats and sanctions because she continued to work with him even though he wasn’t preparing for the FAA. I wonder if these administrators are more concerned with policy, paperwork, and their bottom line than the children they have been elected to serve.

Mom to officials: Stop forcing severely disabled kids to take high-stakes tests

This is the Ethan Rediske Act

http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h0895__.docx&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=0895&Session=2014

This is way out of line.