What should authorizers ask applicants about their plans to provide special education services to students with disabilities?
Authorizers should ask applicants at a minimum to articulate a rudimentary plan regarding governance, service delivery and financing of special education. It is critical that applicants demonstrate to authorizers that they have a well conceived, feasible plan to access the capacity they will need to meet their legal responsibilities. In addition, in accordance with the specific level of responsibility the charter school will have—according to its legal status as an LEA or part of an LEA—authorizers should ask applicants to provide some or all of the following plans during the application and authorization phase: • plan to evaluate and identify children with disabilities; • plan to develop, review and revise IEPs; • plan to integrate special education into the general education program; • plan to deliver special education and related services (e.g., in-house or contract out?); • projected cost of special education program (e.g., percent of operating budget); • plan to access and account
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