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<blockquote data-quote="Martie" data-source="post: 5374" data-attributes="member: 284"><p>Not to worry, Sharon. As Suz said, I never wrote a short post.</p><p></p><p>I have no idea how the school will regard a child with an IEP BUT, if you are still within the public sector, you have a complicated situation because you can not pay for IEP services even if you want to. "Free" appropriate public education means free to parent. Here is a student attends a school as your easy child does, there is no tuition charge--it's just that the spaces are very limited. There is not a legal barrier, however, to paying tution for a non-IEP student.</p><p></p><p>I agree with Sheila that you could have and ADA or 504 claim if difficult child is denied admission on the basis of disability. However, with so few spaces available, they might be able to "cook up" another reason. However, they might not, because your difficult child, like mine, is in two protected categories and his needs are well controlled, so they might want him as a "number" in one column or the other.</p><p></p><p>For example, charter schools must accept a certain percentage of students who are categorized as disabled under IDEA. In IL, charter schools do their very best to accept the disabled kids who are the least problematic, least expensive and have the most supportive parents. If the system is similar, the above factors could work FOR you.</p><p></p><p>Maybe not--but it's a thought. I would be nice in approaching them but also very knowledgeable of difficult child's rights in both categories. It's a thin line a warrior mom walks.</p><p></p><p>Martie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Martie, post: 5374, member: 284"] Not to worry, Sharon. As Suz said, I never wrote a short post. I have no idea how the school will regard a child with an IEP BUT, if you are still within the public sector, you have a complicated situation because you can not pay for IEP services even if you want to. "Free" appropriate public education means free to parent. Here is a student attends a school as your easy child does, there is no tuition charge--it's just that the spaces are very limited. There is not a legal barrier, however, to paying tution for a non-IEP student. I agree with Sheila that you could have and ADA or 504 claim if difficult child is denied admission on the basis of disability. However, with so few spaces available, they might be able to "cook up" another reason. However, they might not, because your difficult child, like mine, is in two protected categories and his needs are well controlled, so they might want him as a "number" in one column or the other. For example, charter schools must accept a certain percentage of students who are categorized as disabled under IDEA. In IL, charter schools do their very best to accept the disabled kids who are the least problematic, least expensive and have the most supportive parents. If the system is similar, the above factors could work FOR you. Maybe not--but it's a thought. I would be nice in approaching them but also very knowledgeable of difficult child's rights in both categories. It's a thin line a warrior mom walks. Martie [/QUOTE]
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