US SUPREME COURT-- On Monday, the US Supreme Court ruled parents of special education students can seek government reimbursement for private school tuition. In the 6-to-3 ruling, Justice John Paul Stevens who wrote the majority opinion said, “We conclude that IDEA authorizes reimbursement for the cost of private special education services when a school district fails to provide a FAPE (blog author note: free and appropriate education) and the private school placement is appropriate, regardless of whether the child previously received special education or related services through the public school.”
Increasingly, families turn to costly private schools specializing in serving students with emotional or learning disabilities when their children are unable to obtain services in the public school system or are ineligible for public school services. In the US, approximately 90,000 special needs students attend private schools.
SOURCES:
Court Affirms Reimbursement for Special Education
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/on-education/2009/06/24/court-ruling-helps-special-needs-students.html
Court Ruling Helps Special-Needs Students
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/on-education/2009/06/24/court-ruling-helps-special-needs-students.html
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009
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