Those are questions I'm trying to find answers to, B. The one thing I am sure of- I have never lost parental rights or had the right to them questioned. This PO is overzealous though- and that's an understatement. However, the sd will know I have parental rights that they have to maintain- it's just that PO's ignorance may throw difficult child under the bus in his efforts to show all his authority as a PO. I'm hoping they (PO and super) find some other kid that catches their attention soon so they back their radar off mine.
Example- PO doesn't even have objectives of gh written yet, which is his job and my and difficult child's right to know. But he was jumping up saying he'd call sd to schedule reenrollment hearing/iep meeting (something I have experience in since difficult child went thru this before). Then I "mentioned" to attny while PO was in earshot that it shure is a good thing they are having mtg next week to determine which gh difficult child would go to- otherwise NO ONE would know WHICH SD to call to schedule that mtg. PO rushed away mumbling something about "OMG- we have to determine sd so this school can get records out". LOL! But the parole plan and goals are not even written. *sigh* Attny chuckled as soon as we got out of the door.
When I told PO and super that while they have authority to write parole plan, they don't have authority to take over difficult child's IEP because it's protected by fed law (OK- I'm assuming it still is), he whispered to MY attny, "who's on an IEP team". Geez....One thing I do know- while difficult child is incarcerated, he goes to a school that is under the state authority of Dept of Correctional Education and they work hand-in-hand to be alongside and meet the same standards as the regular Dept of Educ.; they do NOT fall under Department of Juvenile Justice so I have the same parental rights, etc, with them- no one from Department of Juvenile Justice staff, proper, comes to IEP mtgs where difficult child goes to school while incarcerated. There's a typical Special Education director and everything else. I don't see any way on earth that I could have LESS parental rights in this situation. I would fight that if they claimed it.