Andrea Rediske is perplexed. After the death of her son Ethan, she thought the Florida legislature would pass a law named in his honor as "Ethan's Law" to allow local school officials to grant waivers so that children like Ethan, in medical emergency, would not be required to take the state test.
Then Pam Stewart, the state commissioner, accused Andrea of trying to advance her "political agenda," (Stewart didn't say what that agenda might be other than to protect children like Ethan from being harassed by bureaucrats like Stewart). Then the legislature quietly dropped Ethan's Law and added a few sentences in a general accountability bill that would a hire e the same purpose.
But trouble ahead! The U.S. Department of Education weighs in to warn Florida that if it dares to excuse more than 1% of students with disabilities,the state would not be in compliance with federal law.
So the Federal officials have joined forces with those that believe poor Ethan should have been tested as he lay dying.
What kind of a country is this? Who are these people?
Thank you Jack for this insight