3rd grade retention law leaves students with IEP’s in ‘gray area’, says coalition, parents

WTVC, 6/2/23

“Parents of kids with and without disabilities. They don’t understand why this is going on,” says Jeff Strand, Coordinator of Government and External Affairs with the Tennessee Disability Coalition. “It’s a big hammer, that really kind of defies the purpose, and structure of special education and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.”