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The Department of Education is drowning in lawsuits as it fails to secure special school placements for kids, with cases skyrocketing from four in 2022 to 53 by 2025—and over 120 settled by May 2025. Legal fees have ballooned past $2 million, and in 38 cases, the state paid parents’ legal costs. Despite claiming they don’t initiate lawsuits and aim to resolve issues quickly, the flood of legal letters—jumping from 14 to 126 in just three years—reveals a system in collapse. Public Accounts Committee chair John Brady calls it a worsening crisis, demanding urgent reforms to fix special education’s broken delivery and truly support families and children.

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