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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DCPS has its own dedicated Special Education budget

http://cfo.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/ocfo/publication/attachments/ga_dcps_tables_2014j.pdf

FY 2013 approved budget: $160,390,000 - that means it's at least double that, over $20,000 extra funding per special needs student.

Meanwhile, 31,562 students in DC are in charters, generally with a similar percentage of students with IEPs - roughly 5,000; yet OSSE only has $37m budgeted for supporting them, which only works out to around $7,000, barely a third of what DCPS gets per student.

OSSE http://cfo.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/ocfo/publication/attachments/gd_osse_tables_2014j.pdf

FY 2013 approved budget: $37,229,000
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I don't know if they know what they are talking about, but I got legal advice recently that if a child with an IEP at a charter could not be accommodated there, OSSE not the charter would pay for the costs of placing the child elsewhere.  If it is true, it might be a good solution for BASIS for those whose kids need a modified curriculum.[/quote]

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