CHATHAM, Va. (WDBJ) - Parents and a former teacher are voicing concerns surrounding Chatham Elementary School’s IEP compliance for special needs students.

An IEP is a state-wide individualized education program for students with disabilities.

“My concern is, has he been getting speech at all from school?” questioned Lisa Morrison, Guardian of a Chatham Elementary student.

Lisa Morrison’s grandson Jaiden is a 4th grader at Chatham Elementary. As a nonverbal student with special needs, his IEP requires that he receive speech therapy twice a month.

Morrison says Jaiden’s outside counselor recommended she ask if he was getting his regular in-school speech therapy.

After asking his aid and his former special education teacher two weeks ago, they told her he was not.

“I said, ‘Mrs. Morriso

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