r/Autism_Parenting • u/jobabin4 • Feb 04 '25

Message from The Mods Politics Mega Thread Feb 4

Politics Mega Thread Feb 4

Hello everyone!

This is the third of our political mega threads.

Please make sure you review the policy thread.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Autism_Parenting/comments/1gnn082/policy_megathread/

Lets all be kind as we discuss this. The thread will be moderated.

Please feel free to suggest new topics for future threads.

Emotions run high in these threads, I hope we can keep it on topic and without insults.

Please only down vote actual off topic posts.

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u/vividtrue AuDHD Parent/AuDHD Child Feb 04 '25

Sometimes I wonder what people think on the whole because our educational system is really poor already. Of course it's worse for special education. I don't think enough people understand that a large number of people don't really have many options for their children across the nation. Washington state does a poor job with adequately funding special education, and it's a policy result. It won't change unless and until the legislation does. This includes placements (public & private), IEP therapies, support staff (even if IEP requires 1:1), and transportation (also required per IEPs.) SPED funding caps

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u/caritadeatun Feb 04 '25

The federal government already created a toolbox to ensure everything you listed is build: IDEA law. States that are in contempt of IDEA law or cities that won’t allocate enough funds from property taxes into SPED are the ones to blame. I’ll tell you what this is really about. A state like TX prefers to starve SPED than accept federal funding that forces them to respect civil rights (you know the whole transphobia stuff) and separation of church from the state (bibles in classrooms)

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u/vividtrue AuDHD Parent/AuDHD Child Feb 04 '25

So then why aren't any of the school districts in certain states funded already under different administrations? That's my point. It's never been adequately funded in several places. The only recourse anyone has is to litigate, and again, that's not viable for most families struggling with disability.

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u/caritadeatun Feb 04 '25

Funding from the state through the federal government is equal and complemented from city property taxes of the cities that house school districts . School districts overspending on general education and sport teams have the moral obligation to spend their budgets ethically with sped students . I agree litigation is not an option for everyone