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Using FMLA to attend IEP meetings

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Hi Everyone,
As parents with disabilities, some of us have kids who also have disabilities who have IEPs in school. Getting time off of work to attend these meetings can be difficult, especially on top of all the other time off we need to take care of kids and ourselves. In the U.S. parents have the right to use FMLA time in order to attend their child's IEP meeting.
Here's a video that explains who can use FMLA and how:

As parents with disabilities, some of us have kids who also have disabilities who have IEPs in school. Getting time off of work to attend these meetings can be difficult, especially on top of all the other time off we need to take care of kids and ourselves. In the U.S. parents have the right to use FMLA time in order to attend their child's IEP meeting.
Here's a video that explains who can use FMLA and how:

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I remember ALL those un-necessary meetings. The back and forth. Many things could have been done in one meeting not multiple.
I had not heard of FMLA
Thanks for sharing!