Assessments drive the education plan and the education plan combined with any physical disabilities drive the placement and appropriate modifications. Secondly, an attempt to change an IEP which is based upon resources available is blatantly illegal and you become part of the process and could potentially be held personally liable. Stick to your guns.
Due process costs tens of thousands and absolute chaos.
Can someone please answer a question for me. Over nearly 6 years and probably millions of kilobytes of messages, spedtalk has provided a forum for discussion of topics and issues in special education. It has had literally 1000s of subscribers during that time, some who stayed only briefly and a few who were around for nearly the entire life of the list. At this time, I can no longer sustain the effort required to keep the list functioning. I've received no pay or released time for it.