How are services provided to private elementary and secondary school students with disabilities under IDEA?
“Under IDEA, LEAs must expend a proportionate share of federal IDEA funds to provide special education and related services to parentally placed private school children with disabilities in programs assisted by or carried out under Part B of IDEA. LEAs are required to consult in a timely and meaningful manner with private school representatives and representatives of parents of parentally placed private school children with disabilities during the design and development of special education and related services for these children. However, no parentally placed private school child with a disability has an individual right to receive some or all of the special education and related services that the child would receive if enrolled in a public school.” Visit eSchoolSearch.com, your online directory of private schools nationwide. For parents, we provide an easily searchable database of over 30,000 private schools — preschool through grade 12. For schools, we provide a simple way to gain
