Public Charter Schools and Students with Disabilities. ERIC Digest E609. [Report No.: EDO-EC-01-4

Autor/in	Ahearn, Eileen
Institution	ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education, Arlington, VA.
Titel	Public Charter Schools and Students with Disabilities. ERIC Digest E609. [Report No.: EDO-EC-01-4
Quelle	(2001), (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Reihe	ERIC Publications; ERIC Digests in Full Text
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Charter Schools; Compliance (Legal); Decision Making; Disabilities; Elementary Secondary Education; Federal Regulation; Nontraditional Education; Public Schools; Regular and Special Education Relationship; School Based Management; School Choice; School District Autonomy; School Policy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Charter school; Charter-Schule; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Handicap; Behinderung; Bundeskompetenz; Non-traditional education; Alternative Erziehung; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Choice of school; Schulwahl; School district; School districts; Autonomy; School autonomy; Schulautonomie; Schulpolitik
Abstract	This digest examines the unique nature of public charter schools, explains their obligations to students with disabilities, and presents the results of two federally funded studies of special education in charter schools. It finds wide variations among the 37 states which permit charter schools. The digest stresses the importance of the legal identity of the charter school, such as whether the school is an independent local education agency or tied in varying degrees to a larger district. Among the studies' findings are the following: enrollment of students with more significant disabilities in charter schools is relatively rare; most schools have little data to document the impact of their programs on students with disabilities; and most charter school operators have limited understanding of special education funding sources. Two critical policy conflicts are identified: (1) team vs. parental choice in educational decision making; and (2) charter school autonomy vs. regulation of special education. The digest concludes that charter schools need to be connected with a special education infrastructure. (Contains 10 resources.) (DB)
Anmerkungen	ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education, Council for Exceptional Children, 1110 North Glebe Rd., Arlington, VA 22201-5709. Tel: 800-328-0272 (Toll Free); Fax: 703-620-2521; e-mail: ericec@cec.sped.org. For full text: http://www.ericec.org.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01