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Is a student with an IEP plan being denied FAPE if a school team expresses a preference for that student to learn from home? Here's how to avoid opening up the district to litigation.

Students are showing resilience during COVID but parents and educators urge greater investments in education as learners recover from the pandemic. 

As the students recover from COVID's disruptions and return to classrooms, district leaders must give learners more one-on-one time with their teachers, NEA president says. 

Districts in many states struggle to bill Medicaid for school-based health centers and hiring nurses or counselors to provide audio and visual screenings.

When a parent asks for an independent educational evaluation for a child with a suspected disability, school teams should be proactive to avoid liability exposure.

As states move into COVID recovery mode, lawmakers and policymakers are assessing the impacts of the pandemic on budgets, accountability and student achievement gaps.