Navin R Johnson

‼️WE SHOULD HAUL YOU IN UNDER SUBPOENA @GovSherrillNJ's new Commissioner of @NewJerseyDOE & Office of Special Ed “declined the invitation” issued by the Chair of the Assembly Ed Committee to testify regarding the trainwreck parents, teachers, advocates & districts across NJ have been reporting for YEARS. The level of disrespect shown to the Chair and to @SpeakerCoughlin is outrageous. Are you not accountable to the Legislature? To the people of NJ? You oversee a statewide system impacting vulnerable kids, refuse to testify before the people’s elected representatives & act like answers are OPTIONAL? QUESTIONS YOU HID FROM: 1️⃣ How many full-time employees currently work in the Office of Special Ed handling complaints, investigations, compliance & monitoring? 2️⃣ How many investigators specifically handle parent complaints? 3️⃣ What is the average caseload per investigator? 4️⃣ Of the nearly 3K requests referenced in NJ Sporlight, how many became formal investigations? 5️⃣ Of those investigations, how many found districts noncompliant? 6️⃣ What happens AFTER a district is found noncompliant? Walk us through the actual enforcement process step by step. 7️⃣ How does the Dept. verify corrective action was actually implemented instead of just promised on paper? 8️⃣ How many districts have been repeat offenders over the last five years? 9️⃣ At what point does repeated noncompliance trigger a systemic review instead of endless case-by-case handling? 🔟 Does the Office conduct targeted audits or intervention reviews for districts with recurring violations? 1️⃣1️⃣ Why are parents forced to file OPRA requests to view materials submitted by their own district in their own complaint cases? 1️⃣2️⃣ How have the recent OPRA changes impacted parents seeking records tied to special ed disputes? 1️⃣3️⃣ Does the Dept. acknowledge that weakening OPRA creates additional barriers for families already struggling to advocate for their children? 1️⃣4️⃣ Why can’t parents automatically receive all submissions and evidence related to their complaint with proper redactions where necessary? 1️⃣5️⃣ If a parent files a complaint against the Office of Special Ed itself, why is that complaint often handled internally instead of by an independent entity? 1️⃣6️⃣ Has the Dept. requested additional staffing, funding, or statutory authority from the Legislature to address workload concerns? 1️⃣7️⃣ If not, why not? 1️⃣8️⃣ How does the Dept. measure whether a child was actually made whole after violations occurred? 1️⃣9️⃣ How often are compensatory services ordered with specific enforceable parameters instead of vague directives? 2️⃣0️⃣ What percentage of corrective action plans are later re-checked for compliance? 2️⃣1️⃣ How many families proceed to litigation after first attempting to resolve issues through the state complaint process? 2️⃣2️⃣ Does the Dept. track whether families abandon complaints because they lack money, legal representation, transportation, or time? 2️⃣3️⃣ What accommodations exist for parents with limited language proficiency, disabilities, or limited legal knowledge? 2️⃣4️⃣ Does the Dept. believe families with financial means currently have a greater ability to secure services through litigation? 2️⃣5️⃣ Is the state concerned that enforcement is effectively becoming dependent on how aggressive, educated, connected, or wealthy a parent is? We're not talking about a handful of isolated incidents here! We're talking serious, structural failures. NJ found districts noncompliant in more than HALF of investigated cases this past year. Parents are describing a process where they're exhausted, ignored, forced into court, hire lawyers they can't afford, be left financially drained or left teaching themselves special ed law while trying to take care of their kids with serious needs. This level of dysfunction is a new low. @NJAssemblyGOP