Is this legal? - School question

[vacation dreamer]

at an IEP meeting today I asked how many special ed children were in my sons class (he is spec ed) - I simple wanted to know how many would be demanding the time of the spec ed teacher also in the room. My son has been in spec ed for 4 years and always I knew how many were in the class - not their names just how many. today they refused to tell me. I thought legally as a taxpayer I was allowed to know this - anyone know if this is legal or not?

IEP's are not public information. As a school volunteer years ago we were told if we see or learn that a child has an IEP we were not allow to share or talk about that info. Volunteer in your child's class and you can learn a lot!!

My dd had an IEP years ago because she needed speech but is an advanced student so IEPs can mean a lot of different things.