Monitor and impose penalties on Local Authorities which issue unlawful EHCPs

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

For decades local councils have been issuing statements/EHCPs which are neither specified or quantified. Councils know the law which surrounds the way that these legal documents are written & yet a large majority of appeals to tribunal made by parents are because they have failed to do this.

Children who require help in school over & above what a school can provide are issued with legal documents called EHCPs. There is law surrounding the way that these documents are written & what they should include. In one section clear & specific wording is supposed to be used so that there can be no ambiguity about what a child needs. LA's are wasting thousands of hours of court time/public money by breaking these laws.

https://www.specialneedsjungle.com/faq/sectionf-specify-legal-requirement/

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Require all councils to assess and issue EHCP’s in a timely and fair manner

Timeline

10 May 2019	Petition opened for signatures
14 Jun 2019	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11

Status Rejected

Rejected 14 Jun 2019

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