Gblock;697203 wrote:as a former sped teacher in columbus there are a couple sets of lawyers who advertise in the hood and at several churches for people who are unhappy with their child's education. they then go and review every iep the child ever had. if there are any missing signitures or mistakes the judge will automatically find in favor of the plaintiff. i know a teacher and two adminitstrators who also got sued on top of the school lawsuit.
years ago i used to write the IEP and if the parents came or not no big deal i just filed it. it used to be a formality really. that changed about 5-6 years ago. I know of at least 10-15 cases where the district settled for about 12000 per case. now we have more training and more scrutiny. all of the IEPs must be filed on time with no errors.
Requiring filing on time with the appropriate signatures makes sense. That's a far cry from getting sued over typos. I'm not sure this is relevant to the discussion in this thread, but at any rate, I'm certain that people aren't losing lawsuits over IEP typos.
bigkahuna;697204 wrote:I'm going to respectfully disagree. There are plenty of people that I know that do similar things and get paid for it. Did your employer "force" you to do that extra work or did you sign up for it voluntarily?
It might not be everyone in the private sector, but in my experiences in the private sector you are compensated for voluntary extra duties.
My employer didn't "force" me to do it--there's a general understanding that, as a professional, I will do lots of work outside of what directly pays the bills. Going to seminars, networking, serving on committees, writing articles, etc.--all of these things are "extra" things that we do for no pay. I obviously can't speak for all people in the private sector, but in my experience, I don't think most people are paid extra for doing these sorts of voluntary actions.