special-needs students

When service members move from base to base, they sometimes find it takes too long for their child's new school to begin providing special education services.

Last spring, the coronavirus pandemic forced schools across the state to shut down, and teachers to move their lessons online, which Denise Wilson said was a struggle from the start for her son Brady. He is among the nearly 15% of public school students in Florida who have a disability and receive special education services.

As Florida education officials struggle to improve the state’s “accountability” system, which says all children should be tested, the parents and teachers…