Charter Schools and Special Education/ELL - Fifth in a Series
In researching Special Education/ELL as it relates to charter schools, it’s a lot of the same issues that you see in traditional public schools - money, service delivery and compliance with the law. (Note: this part of the series does focus more on Special Education than ELL because there just isn’t as much information out there on ELL and charters. If anyone has more information, please let me know.)
Charter schools must serve children with disabilities just as does the district where the charter school resides. As well, the funds provided to that district would also be provided to a charter school. Again, money follows students. Charter schools are “responsible” for complying with federal civil rights laws. I put “responsible” in quotes