Take a look.  Some states must have really good tracking of their
complaints or are just plain overly honest.  My own state of Florida comes
out as one of the worst by far.  As always, read statistics for what they
are, incomplete, don't really know what exactly is tracked.  But, I bet I
get some interesting debates started (haven't read any farther).

Elizabeth Thiers, OTR
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homepage: http://www.bv.net/~john/bethsot1.html

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> From: Bobby Greer <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Fw: FYI:The BEST States for Special Education ?
> Date: Thursday, December 17, 1998 8:32 PM
>
> 'scuse me, but can a state's self-report be taken seriously as a criteria
> for choosing the 'best' states?
>
> Bobby
>
>
> >More FYI type of stuff.
> >Elizabeth Thiers, OTR
> >email: [log in to unmask]
> >homepage: http://www.bv.net/~john/bethsot1.html
> >
> >----------
> >> From: AK Macleod <[log in to unmask]>
> >> To: [log in to unmask]
> >> Subject: FYI:The BEST States for Special Education ?
> >> Date: Wednesday, December 16, 1998 2:56 PM
> >>
> >> FYI:
> >> According to the Submissions on my website and posted here in summary:
> >>
> >> {Self-Reported Special Education Violations By State}
> >> <A
> >HREF="http://at-advocacy.phillynews.com/data/ustracking.html">http://at-
> >> advocacy.phillynews.com/data/ustracking.html</A>
> >>
> >> The 'best states' - OR -  the ones with NO self-reported special
> >education
> >> violations are:
> >> Alabama
> >> Alaska
> >> Delaware
> >> Hawaii
> >> Idaho
> >> Iowa
> >> Kansas
> >> Mississippi
> >> Montana
> >> Nebraska
> >> New Hampshire
> >> New Mexico
> >> North Carolina
> >> North Dakota
> >> Oklahoma
> >> Rhode Island
> >> South Carolina
> >> South Dakota
> >> Utah
> >> Vermont
> >> DC
> >> West Virginia
> >> Wyoming
> >>
> >> The worst, based on number of sped violations submitted are:
> >> Florida
> >> New Jersey
> >> PA
> >> NY
> >> California
> >>
> >>
> >> AK Macleod
> >> NJ
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