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Council member Hanks challenges DOE's response on IEP service issues

1:21:47

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Council Member Kamillah Hanks pushes back against the DOE's response, emphasizing the severity of the issue and the lack of effective communication with families.

Hanks argues that outreach and communication from DOE are insufficient
She stresses the significant impact of service delays on families and students
The council member calls for serious improvements in service delivery and communication
Hanks proposes continuing the conversation offline to address these critical issues

Kamillah Hanks

1:21:47

Thank you.

1:21:48

But I'm just gonna push back a little bit because, the the outreach and the communication is simply not there.

1:21:54

And so, you know, while I understand that you've accepted the fact that there has been a lag and we have issues, When a young person cannot get the services they need, this is not like, you know, a traffic ticket.

1:22:09

This is something that has wide reaching implications and impact on these families.

1:22:15

So when we're getting the calls, they don't agree with you and I would imagine if we had families here, they would not agree with you that the outreach, the communications, they are not being told anything and there's just these denials.

1:22:30

So, I think we will continue this conversation, talk offline because, there has to be a really serious improvement.

1:22:39

I appreciate you acknowledging the information and and telling us that there's a lag but that lag is not like a, you know, you paid something late.

1:22:48

When when we lag in getting services to our to our young people and our students and families, it has devastating effects.

1:22:57

So we're just gonna have to do much better.

1:22:58

Thank you.

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