IBEA - Part 3 - Pinellas County May Be The Pilot Program

In my third missive regarding my proposed Individuals with Blackness Education act, I may have found a pilot program.

Florida & Tampa Bay schools blog - The Gradebook:

"Breakthrough in legal dispute over black students in Pinellas"

If you read the memorandum, I think you will find that it mimics the IDEA fairly well. Similar to the development of PL 94-142 for kids with disabilities, the memorandum claims that the school system did not adequately meet the needs of kids with blackness.

Similar to IDEA, the memorandum covers funding issues and the need for specific educational goals and, of course, increased tracking systems. Special Education teachers are familiar with the increased paperwork that comes along with the federal money.

This squabble between the Pinellas County Schools and the students with blackness has been going on for a very long time. Perhaps Pinellas could lead the way to another set of laws that mandates how school systems should meet the needs of a specific set of kids.