[blindlaw] Federal Quota Funds...

[Will Miller]

Hi Lisa, I am not familiar with APH or the federal fund account. I am also 
not a practicing attorney; I am a second-year law student. I believe that 
under IDEA (the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act), a public 
school may place and fund a child in a private school. However, they are not 
required to do so if a free and appropriate public education (FAPE) is 
available to the child. Also, a school district is not required to pay for a 
child to attend a private school if the child's parent places the child 
there when a FAPE is available. However, the school district may be required 
to provide funding for special education services to a child who attends 
private schools. IDEA requires that a school district make IDEA funds 
available to disabled students, regardless of whether they attend a public 
or private school.
There are likely many attorneys on this list that are much more 
knowledgeable of this area than I am, so please correct me if I am wrong or 
if I have missed something important. I hope this helps -- good luck.

WM


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Ldfelix2 at aol.com>
To: <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 11:22 PM
Subject: [blindlaw] Federal Quota Funds...


> Hello,
>
> My name is Lisa, and I am new to this list.  I joined just to see what  it
> was all about.  I've been reading some of the emails but not  posting.  My
> daughter is visually impaired.
>
> I'm not sure if this is the right place to present my query, but here is
> what I posted on some other lists and decided to post it here, too, to see 
> if
> any of you could help me with this issue.  Please read the following and 
> let me
> know if you can give me some answers....
>
> I'm assuming that the Federal Quota Funds are being used by the public
> school systems to help pay for materials needed for the visually impaired 
> and
> blind.  According to APH, you can't have dual enrollment.  Public  schools 
> are not
> the only entity that can access these funds.  Private  schools are 
> included.
> So one is already in a public school and is  withdrawn and placed into a
> private school, how does that work in regards to the  Federal Quota Fund 
> Account?
> Does the public school account need to be  closed and a new one opened in
> with a private school application?  It also  mentioned that you need to be
> enrolled in the registering school by the first  Monday of January.  Does 
> anybody
> have a more thorough knowledge of  this.  I am mostly interested in 
> knowing if I
> can cancel a registration  from public schooling and re-register through a
> private school.
>
> Thank you,
> Lisa
>
>
>
>
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