Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP - I don't have time to read all the responses above but I gather you have not sued DCPS. In my experience, to get private placement (unless your child is very very ill) you must sue. DCPS lawyers are very good. Only after a long, drawn-out legal battle and a win or settlement will you get private placement and then DCPS will tell you where you will get that private placement.

No, I think
1. The parents send child to the private school, and pay tuition.
2. The parents sue for tuition reimbursement.
3. DCPS pays the parents back for the tuition.

If you end up suing, DCPS doesn't get to tell you where to go.

Your scenario was true maybe 5 yrs ago when DCPS was handing out private placements like candy - many time their lawyers didn't even show up for the hearing - but it isn't like this any more. There is little possibility that placing a child into a private SN school and suing for tuition reimbursement will work if DCPS can show that they can provide FAPE which in the situation OP is describing seems to be the case.

Anonymous wrote:OP - I don't have time to read all the responses above but I gather you have not sued DCPS. In my experience, to get private placement (unless your child is very very ill) you must sue. DCPS lawyers are very good. Only after a long, drawn-out legal battle and a win or settlement will you get private placement and then DCPS will tell you where you will get that private placement.

No, I think
1. The parents send child to the private school, and pay tuition.
2. The parents sue for tuition reimbursement.
3. DCPS pays the parents back for the tuition.

If you end up suing, DCPS doesn't get to tell you where to go.

It sounds like the real issue here is that the child CAN get FAPE in a DCPS. Perhaps not unicorn optimal and hitting every single evidence-based note, but still appropriate.

OP - I don't have time to read all the responses above but I gather you have not sued DCPS. In my experience, to get private placement (unless your child is very very ill) you must sue. DCPS lawyers are very good. Only after a long, drawn-out legal battle and a win or settlement will you get private placement and then DCPS will tell you where you will get that private placement.

Anonymous wrote:I don't think that list is complete. I know of DC placements at several schools not on that list.

You can get funding at other schools by going through due process. The schools on the list are the only ones pre-approved (not to say you won't still have to go through due process to get funding, though).

I don't think that list is complete. I know of DC placements at several schools not on that list.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not OP. Lab is on the DC list. Has been for years and there are public pay students there now.

How many are legacies from the prior policies? How many have received placement in the past two years?

No clue. That information isn't publicly or readily available.

Here's the latest list of DC OSSE-approved schools dated June 2, 2016. http://osse.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/osse/publication/attachments/NP%20List%20-%20Day%20%20%2006.02.16.pdf

Anonymous wrote:Not OP. Lab is on the DC list. Has been for years and there are public pay students there now.

How many are legacies from the prior policies? How many have received placement in the past two years?

Not OP. Lab is on the DC list. Has been for years and there are public pay students there now.