FIGHTING FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION
Who Is Advocating For The School District’s Most Vulnerable Students?
It is over a month into the school year and the Special Education advocates in the LAUSD’s Community Advisory Committee have still not met.
“An extensive investigation has revealed that the LAUSD office, SFaCE, improperly formed this Appointment Committee in a manner that was both improper, impotent and incompetent.”
– LAUSD CAC Chair, John “JP” Perron
The Community Advisory Committee (CAC) is the state-mandated advocate for Special Education in the LAUSD. In addition to providing the School Board, the Superintendent, and the District staff with advice about how to improve the delivery of services to the District’s most vulnerable students, it educates parents on how to best navigate the complex bureaucracy. This year it is also charged with providing community input during the revision of the SELPA (Special Education Local Plan Area), the document that defines how the District will provide these services.
