EDITORIAL SPECIAL ATTENTION.IT'S been more than 10 years since the filing of a civil lawsuit that eventually compelled the LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA) to sign on to a federal consent decree A settlement of a lawsuit or criminal case in which a person or company agrees to take specific actions without admitting fault or guilt for the situation that led to the lawsuit. A consent decree is a settlement that is contained in a court order. governing its handling of special education. And it's been a year since that consent decree was modified. Yet very little has changed. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a federal monitor, the Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. has made no progress toward reaching the decree's goals. In fact, on some levels, it's regressed. With special-ed students making up 12 percent of the LAUSD's population - and an even larger share of its budget - the need for reform is great. But for Superintendent Roy Romer, who has been consumed with building new schools, special education seems a remote priority. Clearly no amount of federal mandates or interference is going to get the LAUSD to adequately serve all its students. Consent decrees are no substitute for leadership. |
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