The real fix is not taking away parents’ rights — it’s addressing the system’s failures:
- Build a reliable pipeline of qualified therapists and teachers.
- Ensure fair and timely payments so services can actually be delivered.
- Use targeted oversight to catch true fraud or abuse — without punishing families.
But no matter how well a system works on paper, mistakes and delays happen.
That’s why parents must always have the right to go before a neutral hearing officer who can order the district to deliver the services the law already promises.