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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I thought most kids at the Lab were there with public funds via an IEP[/quote]

DC funds about 20% of all Lab School students.

Not sure if any of the suburban districts pay for students to attend. [/quote]

MoCo specializes in not providing an appropriate education AND not paying both.

Is some of the tuition deductible on your taxes as a medical expense if a doctor signs off that the child needs the special school ?[/quote]

This is going to be our first year in trying this angle.  We talked with our tax person and we're going to try and get DC's dyslexia tutoring deducted from our FSA (It is deductible with Dr's note and special form) and as a medical expense.  Many SN schools say that the tuition can be deducted as a medical expense with a Dr's diagnosis, but when we ran the numbers with our tax person and the new tax laws [b](thanks IRS![/b]), with our income, at most we would be getting back $3-4k.  That's a bigggg pill to swallow if we didn't qualify or the school didn't give us any financial aid.  Plus as with any private school (SN or not) tuition ALWAYS goes up, so it may be $40k now, but in 5ish years when DC is in high school or middle school, who knows how much the tuition would be.  We can't save for college/living expenses/etc. AND send DC to a SN school, so we cobble what we can with tutors and public school. [/quote]

A little beside the point, but you shouldn't be blaming the IRS, but instead Congress and the president. IRS just implements the laws that are passed. [/quote]

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