Let Rema have a better future...please!!

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My 8 yr old special needs daughter Rema Narassah has been denied the "Georgia Special Needs scholarship" because of a simple application deadline issue. The application deadline was Sept 11th 2009 and Rema's application was submitted on Sept 21st 2009. I have hit a brick wall with the GDOE on this issue. They (GDOE) want me to take Rema back to the school system and review her IEP all over again. The whole point of the SB10 scholarship is for special needs parents to explore other options other than the public school system. This is because the public school system has failed in most cases. In fact, deadlines should be removed and parents should be allowed to make a transfer choice anytime during the school year.

I DO NOT WANT HER TO WASTE ANOTHER YEAR OF PRECIOUS DEVELOPMENT JUST BECAUSE OF AN APPLICATION DEADLINE. As parents of a special needs child, we are already struggling with medical, healthcare and emotional issues. Please vote for my petition if you think that Rema deserves the special needs scholarship, deadline or no deadline.

THANKS FOR LISTENING,
INDIRA (Rema Narassah's mom)

1063 Signatures

  • Govind Narassah
  • Celine Melingui
  • Gopal Nair
  • Prabhakar Krishna
  • madhavi indurti
    • Comments
    • We hope the GA lawmakers understand this
  • Ernie
  • Sudhir Edara
  • Puja Nanda
  • Samson
  • Todd
  • Tim
  • Jane Russell
  • Rajendra Manchanda
  • Anil Manchanda
  • Alethea Stuart
    • Comments
    • Rema DOES deserve this and more!
  • Neerja Ginotra
    • Comments
    • I agree that deadline should be removed. Because if parents found in the middle of the year that they want to explore something else for their son or daughter then they should not end up wasting the whole year.
  • Sreelatha Malneedi
  • Arvind
  • Sreelatha Malneedi
  • Maureen McLaughlin
    • Comments
    • Please help Rema!
  • Sheelu Ceelam
  • DW McLaughlin
  • Sanjeev Ginotra
  • Dheerender Ranga
  • Jeff Born
  • V M Sanku
    • Comments
    • Please help Rema.
  • Sailaja Manupati
  • Lisa Moore
  • Pawan Sorte
    • Comments
    • Please help Rema and her parents [who are already dealing with special needs of their child]. After all, Governments do take care of their citizens.
  • Owen Alexander
  • Silvi Coelho
  • Eileen Williams
  • Fareeha Niazi
    • Comments
    • Please help,thanks.
  • Alanda Baker
  • Megha
  • Maria Blackmon
    • Comments
    • I think Rema should have a waiver for the deadline
  • Vivek Singhal
  • Danny Vitello
  • Dilip Pullabhotla
  • Bryan Blackmon
  • Aparna
  • Denise Winston
    • Comments
    • Please amend the deadline rule for Rema
  • Visali Buggineni
    • Comments
    • Please help Rema
  • Ramesh Madesiah
  • Sujani Gogineni
  • Kavita Thambireddy
  • Anitha Katta
    • Comments
    • Please waiver the application deadline for Rema and help her. Rema deserves this.
  • Nandana
  • Swetha Thirumani
  • Supraja Godavarty