Writing in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, David Casas says a growing number of Georgia parents are using vouchers to get their children with disabilities into private schools. Almost 1,600 students used the “Georgia Special Needs Scholarships” this year, and an increasing number of private schools are participating.

Republican state representative Casas was a sponsor of the bill creating the vouchers, which grant students with disabilities partial tuition to private schools. Parents had sought the vouchers as a way to get their children out of low-performing schools or inadequate programs. It is estimated that some 200,000 students are eligible for the vouchers statewide.

An excerpt:

It is enormously challenging to be the parent of a child with special needs.

Hopefully the Georgia Special Needs Scholarship is bringing some sense of normalcy to children and their parents who are finding hope in smaller classrooms, different schools and happier educational environments.

See earlier posts here and here.

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