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<blockquote data-quote="keista" data-source="post: 529367" data-attributes="member: 11965"><p>Hello and Welcome.</p><p></p><p>I'm no expert but I'll tell you what I know based on my experiences. </p><p></p><p>Charter schools, as part of the public eduction system, must absolutely provide and follow IEPs. Reality? they don't like to, don't want to, and do everything they can to either not accept students with IEPs or get rid of them.</p><p></p><p>No, a 504 is NOT better than an IEP. It is possible that your 504 was <strong>written</strong> better than your IEP, but the IEP has more "clout" so to speak.</p><p></p><p>You picked this charter school for a reason. If it's is still important for you to keep your child in this school, you will have to fight them tooth and nail. To do this, you will probably need an advocate. You can learn almost everything you need to know about the 504/IEP process here <a href="http://www.wrightslaw.com/" target="_blank">http://www.wrightslaw.com/</a>. Sometimes just going in, knowing what you're talking about and making a few threats can get a school to fall in line. Me, I call in my advocate when I need to. As soon as I list her as attending the meeting, staff starts tripping over themselves trying to provide the things I was asking for. They know they won't be able to snow her with "finances are tight" talk. Budget restrictions don't exempt a school from providing accommodations or services.</p><p>She "slipped in" with the 504, they decided she was too high maintenance, so are changed it to an IEP. Once they fail (because they didn't try) to provide her accommodations and services, they will move her out so they don't have to deal with her.</p><p></p><p>Schools get extra funding for students with 504s and IEPs. I don't know how much more and I don't know if the IEP gets them more than the 504, but they do get extra money. Not all kids use up that extra funding so the 'extra' can go to fund stuff for the general population. "high maintenance" kids use MORE money than is allotted, so they end up sucking funds from the general population. Ultimately, it's a matter of economics.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="keista, post: 529367, member: 11965"] Hello and Welcome. I'm no expert but I'll tell you what I know based on my experiences. Charter schools, as part of the public eduction system, must absolutely provide and follow IEPs. Reality? they don't like to, don't want to, and do everything they can to either not accept students with IEPs or get rid of them. No, a 504 is NOT better than an IEP. It is possible that your 504 was [B]written[/B] better than your IEP, but the IEP has more "clout" so to speak. You picked this charter school for a reason. If it's is still important for you to keep your child in this school, you will have to fight them tooth and nail. To do this, you will probably need an advocate. You can learn almost everything you need to know about the 504/IEP process here [url]http://www.wrightslaw.com/[/url]. Sometimes just going in, knowing what you're talking about and making a few threats can get a school to fall in line. Me, I call in my advocate when I need to. As soon as I list her as attending the meeting, staff starts tripping over themselves trying to provide the things I was asking for. They know they won't be able to snow her with "finances are tight" talk. Budget restrictions don't exempt a school from providing accommodations or services. She "slipped in" with the 504, they decided she was too high maintenance, so are changed it to an IEP. Once they fail (because they didn't try) to provide her accommodations and services, they will move her out so they don't have to deal with her. Schools get extra funding for students with 504s and IEPs. I don't know how much more and I don't know if the IEP gets them more than the 504, but they do get extra money. Not all kids use up that extra funding so the 'extra' can go to fund stuff for the general population. "high maintenance" kids use MORE money than is allotted, so they end up sucking funds from the general population. Ultimately, it's a matter of economics. [/QUOTE]
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