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Schools lag in special ed plans

City tries to speed required reviews

By James Vaznis

 |  Globe Staff  

  April 19, 2012

The Boston public schools is facing a ballooning backlog of reviews of special education plans for thousands of students, prompting officials to propose one-time bonuses to staffers to get the job done. As of Friday, teams of teachers, administrators and therapists had missed deadlines in meeting with parents of 2,918 students for the federally-required annual reviews, according to School Department data obtained by the Globe. The backlog has swelled by more than 600 cases since February.

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