@mocoboe Spends $39,413 In One Month Fighting Families of #MCPS Special Needs Kids

Special Education Legal Expenses

Special education legal fees for outside counsel for November 2015 totaled $39,413.

The year-to-date total of $77,027 is $50,505 (39.6 percent) less than the same period
in the previous year. In addition, total year-to-date special education legal costs of $77,027
are $123,453 (61.6 percent) less than the budgeted amount of $200,480 through this time period.
The Jeffrey A. Krew bill for November 2015 totaled $38,995.
The Carney Kelehan bill for November 2015 totaled $418.

*Note: This cost does not include the cost to taxpayers of the SEVEN employees in the ill-named Resolution and Compliance unit. Let's have a show of hands for how many times these folks have actually enforced compliance with IDEA. Anyone? Anyone?

*Note: This cost does not include the cost to taxpayers of the full-time attorney employed in the "Legal Services Unit." For more information on what the "Legal Services Unit" has accomplished in the past, please click HERE.

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