Hello to all. Been many months since I have been on this board. Shouts to Connie, Abby, and many others.
Our oldest daughter (difficult child) is 17 now. She is in a seperate school of specEd children. This is a relatively new public school only in its second year of existance. This is a public school run by the local school district. They have two policies that I have questions about but cannot seem to remember the exact citation in the IDEA that says this is wrong.
#1: Paying for PE
This school does not have PE facilities. The director of the school is now introducing a policy where we must purchase our child a membership to the local Boys & Girls club for $20. The school will then take my child to the B&G Club via transporation provided by the B&G Club. The school district only pays for gas.
If I recall correctly, the SD must provide the same opportunities (PE in this case) to specEd student that are availiable to mainstream students at no additonal cost to the parents.
#2 Shorter school day
The school lets the kids out of school at 1.5 hours earlier then their mainstream peers on Friday every week. Over a 180-day school year this amounts to 270 classroom hours or about 34 8-hour school days.
Is the School District required to provide the same number of hours of education to specEd students as their mainstream peers?
Our oldest daughter (difficult child) is 17 now. She is in a seperate school of specEd children. This is a relatively new public school only in its second year of existance. This is a public school run by the local school district. They have two policies that I have questions about but cannot seem to remember the exact citation in the IDEA that says this is wrong.
#1: Paying for PE
This school does not have PE facilities. The director of the school is now introducing a policy where we must purchase our child a membership to the local Boys & Girls club for $20. The school will then take my child to the B&G Club via transporation provided by the B&G Club. The school district only pays for gas.
If I recall correctly, the SD must provide the same opportunities (PE in this case) to specEd student that are availiable to mainstream students at no additonal cost to the parents.
#2 Shorter school day
The school lets the kids out of school at 1.5 hours earlier then their mainstream peers on Friday every week. Over a 180-day school year this amounts to 270 classroom hours or about 34 8-hour school days.
Is the School District required to provide the same number of hours of education to specEd students as their mainstream peers?