Can my son, who has disabilites, be denied a field trip since my husband cannot attend?

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Can my son, who has disabilites, be denied a field trip since my husband cannot attend?

My son is in the voluntary preschool program (main streamed with his IEP, this is that plan for the regular school year). They have a field trip tomorrow and his teacher told my husband that since my husband can’t chaperone our son will need to stay home because of his disability. This isn’t possible since I’m out of town and my husband is active duty mitlitary. Is this allowed? Should we be contacting more than just the principal? My husband has a meeting with. The schools princpal in less than an hour any help with state law.

Asked on July 16, 2012 under Personal Injury, Florida

Answers:

M.T.G., Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 11 years ago | Contributor

I am so sorry and I hope that the meeting went well.  Going forward you need to understand that you have to advocate for his IEP and make sure that there is a change that the school district provide an aide for him especially for these type of situations.  The fact that he is mainstreamed does not mean you or he have to give up any rights.  Please seek legal help.  Maybe a conversation about having the school district pay for private placement where they could handle this better will prompt your school district to re-think things.  Good luck.


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