From the Archives: March 2–8, 2025
Articles from Special Education Action's Archives, Added to Substack Last Week
February 18, 2025, Special Education Action launched on Substack, featuring 85 of its 300+ articles from 2020–2025.
Older articles will be added over time, with updates such as this one, alerting you to articles you might have missed when they were published.
Some embedded documents, like state complaints, will be published separately on the State Complaints page, to make it easier to browse and learn from the complaints. In addition, links to articles addressing specific complaints will be added to the individual complaints page, providing readers more background on the complaints.
One Note for March 2–8, 2025:
Complaint #C25-065 was updated this week to include the Notice of Complaint issued by Virginia Department of Education. It isn’t listed below because the complaint itself already appeared on Special Education Action’s Substack platform.
Articles Added March 2–8, 2025
State Complaint #C24-242, Against Fairfax County Public Schools
Allegations Investigated: FAPE, ESY, PWNs, IEP Developments & Implementation, Access to Records
State Complaint #C25-066, Against Fairfax County Public Schools
Allegations Investigated: Records Access and Procedural Safeguards
FCPS Report Card: Failures to Secure and Maintain Educational Records, and Refusals to Provide Students and Parents Access to Their Own Records
[This article was updated March 5, 2025, to include another breach. It is not a comprehensive list. It reflects noncompliance about which Special Education Action is aware and should not be considered a reflection of all FCPS records-related noncompliance.]