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    1. “Is it the right thing to expect the school district to have 10,000 itinerant teachers that can be deployed?” Vladeck said. “What we’re looking at in terms of the demand here is not something that I think anybody ever envisioned.”

      Is there even a viable solution? Maybe that could be something to pursue with the project

    2. But on Aug. 26, Suzette learned that the department had decided her daughter was no longer eligible for those services — not because she didn’t need them but because Suzette had missed a June 1 deadline to request them. The news left Suzette angry that her daughter was denied for what felt like a technicality, and facing a choice between letting the services lapse or paying out of pocket.

      What constitutes qualifying for government assistance? Is the government creating their own spectrum in order to rectify debt/extravagant costs?

    3. In a separate policy shift over the summer, state officials passed an emergency regulation preventing private school families from bringing legal actions, called due process complaints, in certain special education cases.

      Example of different treatment on the basis of income, some private school families may be on financial-aid and still require government assistance.

    4. The Education Department has already heard from roughly 1,300 families who missed the deadline but still want services, officials said.

      Some families may not be able to meet deadlines due to external circumstances, such as unstable home lives or economic problems