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School District Continues To Stonewall Efforts To Reform Special Education

The LAUSD refuses to comment on moves to prevent a state-mandated advisory committee from suggesting changes to how services are provided.

“I think that especially under superintendent (Alberto) Carvalho, they are cracking down on attempts to empower families to ask for what they want.”

– Outgoing CAC Chair Ariel Harman-Holmes

A teacher and student at the Sven Lokrantz Special Education Center, a school that would be protected by the proposed Improving Special Education resolution

An article published last week in “The 74” summarized the backlash faced by the Community Advisory Committee (CAC) after adding a discussion of the proposed Improving Special Education Resolution to an agenda last year. Unfortunately, the author makes some errors about the story’s background. For example, while the state mandates the CAC, it is not a “state agency.” However, she accurately depicts the District’s actions to prevent the members of the CAC from advocating on behalf of students with Special Education needs.

When originally published, the agenda for the May 2023 meeting of the CAC included the following under “Announcements:”