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Can school retain student being evaluated for special services?
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<blockquote data-quote="momtoagreatkid" data-source="post: 165357" data-attributes="member: 2345"><p>Living in Texas, you know that the state passed a law, which went into effect this year, stating that students must pass both their 8th grade reading and math TAKS to be promoted to 9th grade. Did your son pass both of these tests? He can still be promoted, if he failed the science and history, but he must pass the math and reading. In addition, he must attend school for a certain amount of days per semester to receive credit for his courses. Because he has been labeled truant, I doubt he attended the required amount of time, even before you withdrew him from school. Students in the state of Texas can attend summer school for classes with excessive absences, but he can only attend one summer school class, so if he is missing credits across the curriculum, he will be unable to make up those credits. Was he failing his required classes (English, math, history, science), as well? If he was failing as well, then you have no grounds for promotion. He has failed to meet promotion standards in three regards--TAKS, attendance, and grades. When you take all of this into account, along with his drug possession, you are in a very serious situation, and I strongly, very strongly, advise that you hire an advocate to navigate all of this. I live in the Houston area, and I recommend that you contact J***** Kilpatrick because he's been an advocate forever. He is familiar with all the districts in this area and the law firms representing the districts. He also is a wonderful resource for outside evaluations because he's familiar with all the top evaluators in the area. For a situation as serious as yours, you need someone like Jimmy to help you. I will warn you, however, that he's tough, really tough, not only with schools but with parents, too. He's probably going to want to know exactly what you have done to get your child to school and exactly why your child has missed so many days of school.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="momtoagreatkid, post: 165357, member: 2345"] Living in Texas, you know that the state passed a law, which went into effect this year, stating that students must pass both their 8th grade reading and math TAKS to be promoted to 9th grade. Did your son pass both of these tests? He can still be promoted, if he failed the science and history, but he must pass the math and reading. In addition, he must attend school for a certain amount of days per semester to receive credit for his courses. Because he has been labeled truant, I doubt he attended the required amount of time, even before you withdrew him from school. Students in the state of Texas can attend summer school for classes with excessive absences, but he can only attend one summer school class, so if he is missing credits across the curriculum, he will be unable to make up those credits. Was he failing his required classes (English, math, history, science), as well? If he was failing as well, then you have no grounds for promotion. He has failed to meet promotion standards in three regards--TAKS, attendance, and grades. When you take all of this into account, along with his drug possession, you are in a very serious situation, and I strongly, very strongly, advise that you hire an advocate to navigate all of this. I live in the Houston area, and I recommend that you contact J***** Kilpatrick because he's been an advocate forever. He is familiar with all the districts in this area and the law firms representing the districts. He also is a wonderful resource for outside evaluations because he's familiar with all the top evaluators in the area. For a situation as serious as yours, you need someone like Jimmy to help you. I will warn you, however, that he's tough, really tough, not only with schools but with parents, too. He's probably going to want to know exactly what you have done to get your child to school and exactly why your child has missed so many days of school. [/QUOTE]
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