| As in other states, Michigan schools are seeing more | | | | school administrators are in conflict over what is |
| and more parents of disabled children pulling them out | | | | appropriate. |
| of public schools, providing alternative private education, | | | | The Michigan Schools recently had its Birmingham |
| and then suing the Michigan Schools to foot the bill. It | | | | school district sued by parents of a 17-year-old son |
| has become a problem and growing expense for | | | | with bipolar, obsessive compulsive and Asperger's |
| public schools across the nation, ever since the passing | | | | disorders, as well as other impairments. Andrew's |
| of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, | | | | condition has become more serious in recent years, |
| which states that public schools are required to provide | | | | though Andrew's daily regimen of pills control his |
| special education students with a free, appropriate | | | | otherwise violent and uncontrollable episodes. |
| public education. Disputes arise when parents and | | | | |