[blindkid] re equitable services

[Jill Fass]

I want my kid in private, but no way were we going to. In NJ, there
are just too many kids, funding or no funding I knew he would not get
any. I did get him in to one of the better schools our TWP (we have 17
elem schools in our district). I wish it was easy to just go hire a
lawyer, we could never afford one. I hope you live in a district that
can help ya Cheryl..

On 6/1/12, Richard Holloway <rholloway at gopbc.org> wrote:
>> It is my understanding that the school district does not have to provide
>> services to every privately placed child nor does it have to spend a
>> certain amount on each child.   If, for example, the district does not
>> provide O&M to parentally placed children, then your child does not
>> receive O&M.
>
> This lines up exactly with what we were told some years ago, though it
> wasn't just O&M or any other blindness related services they didn't offer
> here.
>
> For parentally placed kids over age 5, at least two counties in our area
> (and I think a much larger number) simply puts all of those monies into
> speech therapy. Take it or leave it.
>
>> A district is limited to how much federal funds it spends for privately
>> placed children but they could use state funds (if state allows) to
>> provide additional services.
>
> Absolutely, but around here, most local districts are many millions of
> dollars in the hole and looking in every direction for places to cut
> spending. They collect their money by way of property taxes. Property values
> have dropped but so far they haven't gotten millage rates adjusted to
> compensate. If this is as typical as I expect across the country, voluntary
> assistance from most states is not a likely thing...
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