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Serving the State of Hawai‘i, the Levin Education Access Project (“LEAP”) was incorporated in August 2009 as a Hawaii non-profit corporation.  Its primary purpose is to provide much needed education and advocacy to children and families facing disabilities. LEAP is organized around the principle that all children have a right to reach their full potential and that the proven way to realize that promise is through appropriate education.
 
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Parents of special ed students sue to halt school furloughs in Hawaii

Tresa Baldas
November 30, 2009

Hawaii's Friday furloughs for public schools are now in the hands of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.

The state and the teachers' union in September had agreed to 17 furlough days — on alternating Fridays — due to a budget crisis. The parents of autistic and other special education students allege their children are suffering irreparable harm by losing those days. Three Fridays have already passed....

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