Schools pay for all kinds of items to assist special education students. There are many times when parents buy the item so the student can have consistency with it, but if a parent can't or won't purchase an item that is deemed necessary for the student, the school must provide it.

 

There are grants available and schools can also bill Medicare if the family is eligible.

Right, because there's exactly 0% probability that the bus was in an accident en route, that anything didn't go according to plan, or that the freakin' blind kid that they'd replaced his cane with a pool noodle might have worried that something horrible like that would have happened, right?

 

No one means for accidents to happen, but the bus driver or bus monitor, whoever was in charge isn't exactly a doctor either, so how about they follow Dr's orders and let the blind kid keep his cane and try not letting other small children get around him within swinging distance?

 

If it were doctor's orders, I would think he would have had it before the school gave it to him. As far as an accident, I would think the monitor's main job would be to help the child that needs the most help (the blind child) in the event of an emergency.

 

As far as the last part...I think the seating chart would be a simple solution.

Is it possible the child was endangering others with his cane? The noodle can be used as a cane without hurting others, so I don't think it such a bad idea. The school certainly could not have taken the cane away with no alternative. Like other school issues, parents can say whatever they want but schools are bound by privacy laws. I would be willing to bet there is more to the story. Blind kids can misbehave too.