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    Case Study: Special Education

    Aaron Mckee

    Grand Canyon University College of Education

    EAD-519: Culture, Climate, and Communication

    Dr. Gina Coffaro

    Due: October 5, 2022


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    Part 1: Case Analysis

    A summary of the case is that a large school lost their testing center coordinator due to

    budget cuts at a district level. As a result, more work was placed on overloaded teachers who are

    struggling to see a feasible solution. There are several issues to be resolved including how the

    school can accommodate the considerable number of 504 and IEPs (Individualized Education

    Plans) without additional staff members.

    There are a few stakeholders involved in the issues of this case including parents,

    students, and teachers. Each of these stakeholders has been impacted by the changes made that

    impact them. One existing court ruling that relates to the issues in this case is the School Funding

    Reform Act (SFRA) – in 2011‐12 in which the New Jersey State Supreme Court ordered the

    Governor to restore a $42 million dollar cut from Newark’s budget from 2010.

    Hillsboro School District policies that relate to the issues are HSD 1J Code: CCG

    Adopted: 10/30/07 Revised/Readopted: 11/25/14. This requires that the superintendent regularly

    report to the school board on a personal evaluation of the support systems and educator

    effectiveness (Allen et al., 2018).

    I see several workable solutions to the issues at hand in this case. First, I would address

    the situation and request alternative solutions with the district. I would also look at the needs and

    numbers of the students represented and plan to move to another staff position to accommodate it

    or combine monies with a partner school or schools so that we can all utilize a single position

    between all the sites. A long-term solution would be to obtain a government grant to cover the

    position for a few years.

    The solutions I chose to resolve the issues are communication and partnership with the

    district as well as seeking a combined position with other schools. I would prioritize a meeting at
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    the district within the week and begin calling potential partner schools right away. I believe that

    when a solution is approved, we will be able to implement our hiring process immediately

    following approval. This could take 2 -3 weeks at the earliest, so I would make sure to shift staff

    around in a manner that temporarily covers the position needed.

    When I consider the potential moral and legal consequences of my chosen solutions, I

    understand that these solutions must be ethical and equitable in fairness and not build reliance. In

    special education programs we must facilitate in such a way that students are not overly reliant

    on services they receive in school (Ethical Issues for Special Education Programs, 2013). I also

    know that there are basic rights of students with disabilities that must be weighed so that no

    individual is discriminated against in the school environment due to their disability (Individuals

    with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), 2022).

    Part 2: Rationale

    This case is a huge opportunity for the principal to fight for their students. This is an issue

    that involves social justice of students whose needs are obviously not on the forefront of

    informing how we need to educate them. This is such a large school that it is easy for those who

    are more marginalized to get lost in the system, therefore becoming victims of budget cuts which

    threaten the ability of the school to keep the laws of the land. By requesting help from the

    district, I am making them aware that we are facing a challenge, and we are also potentially

    marshaling resources that are bigger than ourselves. This type of collaboration is just what is

    needed to bring our crisis to the attention of the people in power who have a different leverage

    point and may be able to move.

    As I think about the stakeholders involved and how they have been impacted by the

    budget cuts, I need to make sure that they are being handled with integrity, fairness, and
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    professionalism that goes the extra mile to advocate for them. To do that, we need to collaborate

    with the staff, the district, and other professionals who may be facing the same problem of not

    being able to maintain proper ratios in their staffing. I would seek the council that is able to help

    our team assess our legal liabilities as well as finding out how to formulate the procedural

    paperwork required to remedy the situation.


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    References:

    Allen, L., Granum, M., Lopez, E., Martinez, Y., Spross, J., Strelchun, K., & Watson, M. (2018).

    Hillsboro School District 1J Board of Directors.

    https://www.hsd.k12.or.us/cms/lib/OR02216643/Centricity/domain/61/2017-

    18docs/20180522_Packet.pdf

    Ethical Issues for Special Education Programs. (2013). The Classroom | Empowering Students in

    Their College Journey. https://www.theclassroom.com/ethical-issues-special-education-

    programs-22210.html

    Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). (2022, September 2). Individuals with

    Disabilities Education Act. https://sites.ed.gov/idea/

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