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Make schools pay full freight for JJAEP placements

Last week the New York Times opined that Texas schools as well as the Youth Commission bore responsibility for educational failures of kids in the juvenile justice system, declaring too many schools were "dumping" their problems via the disciplinary process into so-called "alternative education programs" (JJAEPs). So I was pleased to see a story from my hometown suggesting a possible fix to reduce unnecessary placements in the justice system. Via the Tyler Morning Telegraph ("TISD, juvenile board, seek JJAEP compromise," Aug. 8): Prior to the 2007-08 school year, the county went from charging school districts $75 a day per student to place these "discretionary" students into the program to $203 a day per student - a cost superintendents have said they can't afford...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on August 11, 2008 (boomark / email).