Parents Take On School Districts For Their Disabled Children's Education

Families accross the country are dealing with the same (or at least similar) situation as Richard Ellenbogen and Dr. Debra Weissman (shown above), who have paid tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees seeking to force their district help pay for private school for their son, one of about 5.7 million children in our country qualifying for special education.

Funding for special edcuation is becoming a hot topic in several areas in the United States. The New York Times said that cities such as Hamilton County, Tenn., and Westport, Conn. are forking over millions of dollars to make sure that their disabled children does not lose their right to have a good education.


Take a look at this chart below to see serious the issue is in the state of Connecticut alone (Warning: The chart is a little big):