No Child Left Behind ---- OH REALLY??

I have no idea how that is handled in my state. But as to not providing the requirements of the no child left behind act... well, many schools essentially break the law. For the EYS for example, they may decide to just have one teacher covering several schools. Voila, we offer the service, but your child has a teacher who is responsible for kids in like all schools in the district. In our case that's about 14 schools. In practice, therefore, your child may not benefit from the service. That's pretty much what they have done in our district due to lack of funding. I could imagine them not providing a certain mandatory service because a loophole in the law lets them get away with some sort of excuse. For the sake of your daughter, make yourself very familiar with the federal law and your states version of the law. Make sure you understand in detail what is mandated and what the possible loopholes are. Then have a meeting with the principal and if necessary the school board. If neither relents and provides proper options, go public, get your representatives involved at the state and even federal level. If loopholes exist they need to be closed. In the meantime, make sure you have a backup, some tutor of some kind who knows how to handle special need kids. Anyhow, I know it sounds like a lot of work to push for something that should be provided for your daughter without a problem. However, be prepared for a lot of stonewalling. It's not that they don't want to provide it, it's just there is no money. Here they are already cutting for the regular programs. They are academically bare bones. My husband and I are finding ourselves teaching our kids after school what they need to know because the school doesn't provide. I'm close to saying that I might as well homeschool them, lol. Anyhow, under the circumstances it's you and only you who can make this happen for your daughter. Get other special need kids parents involved, look in the entire district for them, not just at your daughter's school. Just be aware, if you don't push, nobody will do it for you. Too many people will complain but won't do anything about it. For your daughters sake, take a stand! I'll be praying for you and your daughter. Hopefully it'll be easy and you can get something set up before the school year ends. Please keep us updated. You know you'll always find a shoulder here to lean on;)