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Teacher hit and cursed at special needs students: lawsuit

March 19, 2023

A teacher hit and emotionally abused her students with special needs at a Chicago elementary school, a lawsuit says.

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A special education teacher in Chicago is accused of regularly hitting, threatening and cursing at her elementary school students with special needs in a new lawsuit filed by 10 parents.

The John Whistler Elementary School teacher commonly told her students “the longer you cry, the longer I will hit you,” according to a complaint filed March 15.

She’s accused of hitting the children with her hands, wooden rulers and other “wood devices” when the students struggled finishing assignments or tasks.

When one parent confronted the teacher and school principal about how students would often leave the classroom with marks on their bodies and faces, they were told the children are “clumsy” and “tend to fall,” according to the complaint.

The parents are accusing school officials of condoning

Kansas school voucher bill tied to teacher pay increases, SPED funding

March 9, 2023 sNawaWebs.ADV

Kansas House Republicans on Monday advanced a deeply controversial bill that could reshape the state’s public-private K-12 education system but not before attaching a few items that, for years, have been on Democrats’ wish-list for schools.

The House K-12 Education Budget Committee on Monday worked and advanced SB 83. Originally a Senate Education Committee bill on expansion of tax credit scholarships for low-income students, the House committee “gutted” the contents of SB 83 and replaced with them with HB 2218, which would create a voucher-like education savings account program.

More:Should taxpayer money help pay for some Kansas families’ private school tuition?

Dubbed the Sunflower Education Equity Act, the law would allow Kansas families to use taxpayer dollars to pay for non-public educational expenses, such as private school or other academic services and materials.

The families would receive 95% of the per-pupil funding their student would have otherwise receive if

Kansas House panel bundles voucher-like program with teacher, special education spending

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TOPEKA — The Republican majority on the Kansas House K-12 budget committee bundled into one bill controversial diversion of state tax dollars to private schools with an expansion in state aid for special education in public schools and a mandate half of public school budget increases tied to an inflation index be devoted to raising teacher salaries.

GOP legislators who have fought for years in the Capitol for voucher-like reform sought to entice Republican and Democratic skeptics by including a one-year $72 million surge in spending on special education. Rep. Jason Goetz, R-Dodge City, said the cash was a just reward for educators providing “amazing service” to children, including one of his own. Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly had recommended five consecutive annual increases of $72 million to bring state special education expenditures into compliance with federal law.

Another sweetener via Abilene GOP Rep. Scott Hill: Provide an extra two years

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Teacher hit and cursed at special needs students: lawsuit

Kansas school voucher bill tied to teacher pay increases, SPED funding

Kansas House panel bundles voucher-like program with teacher, special education spending