D.C. charter schools fend off kids with disabilities, official says
June 29th, 2009From the Washington Post:
A federal court monitor has found that the admissions practices at some D.C. public charter schools discourage the enrollment of students with disabilities. The monitor, Amy Totenberg, said some charters explicitly limit the number of hours of services they provide to students with disabilities and counsel parents to go elsewhere.
D.C. charter schools are publicly funded but independently operated. D.C. law prohibits them from asking about disabilities during the admissions process.
About 23 percent of D.C. public school students receive special education services, as compared with 12 percent of the students in D.C. charter schools.
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