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But no one is asking every single school to meet the needs of every single student. Every single PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM has to do this.  The fact that there are many "school systems" that consist of only one school is somewhat inconsequential.  Folks who want to start a charter know this going into the game.  When they apply for a charter, they understand that these are the rules. BASIS knew that it would have to provide a "free and appropriate education" to any student who applied through the lottery and was selected.  If a blind student drew number one in the lottery and decided to go to BASIS, then the school is under a legal obligation to provide appropriate services and accommodations either at BASIS or at another school with whom they make arrangements.  If a blind student lives in the neighborhood near Stoddert ES, then the child [i]may possibly[/i] attend Stoddert.  But the IEP team could determine that the child's needs would best be met at [i]another DCPS school where services could be delivered[/i]. If that happens, then DCPS has met its obligation to provide a free and appropriate education. [/quote]

Then perhaps the law should be changed to reflect the reality that individual charter schools are [b]not[/b] school systems. It is ludicrous IMO to equate an actual school district with often billion dollar budgets with individual charter schools with much smaller budgets. This is also a reason to enforce the DC laws which call for equal funding between charter schools and public schools which currently are not enforced at all.[/quote]

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