AASA Joins Other K-12 Education Groups Urging Revised Guidance on Compensatory Services

AASA joins other K-12 education groups to urge the Department to issue a revised guidance document clarifying the accurate use of the term "compensatory services" and when that term and its use are appropriate in the Return to School Roadmap released by the Department on September 30. We reiterate the distinction between compensatory services and interrupted learning, recovery services, or other terms in use that explain the appropriate statutory/legal process in which IEP teams are currently engaged.

The Council of Administrators of Special Education (CASE) included a memo with a comprehensive review of Section D in the context of the pandemic, school closures and ongoing national circumstances. While helpful, AASA, CASE and other K-12 education groups believe Section D provides a new and incorrectly expanded interpretation of "compensatory services" and is in conflict with applicable case law and the language of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

You can read the full letter here. The CASE memo is available here.