Are there precautions a school district must observe when providing special education services to religious school children?
Yes. The school district’s services must be secular, neutral, and non-ideological. The services may not supplant the private school’s instruction in the core curriculum areas of reading, language arts, mathematics, social studies, science, and health. The safeguards found in the IDEA regulations at 34 CFR 300.143 (Separate classes prohibited), and 34 CFR 300.144 (Property, equipment, and supplies) must be observed. • May a school district provide a parentally placed private school student related services without providing special education? Yes. The IDEA regulations permit a school district to provide for the participation of a private school student in any of the district’s special education services. Therefore, the school district may provide related services to the student without providing special education. • Is a school district required to provide transportation to a private school student with a disability when the child needs the transportation to receive the services? Yes. I
