But this article on private tuition for special education «burdens» is even worse because the burden on the district isn't the total cost, but the cost for private placement in excess of what the district would have spent if they had served
these disabled students in traditional public schools.
The «burden» on NYC DOE from paying private school tuition is the difference between the average tuition and legal costs associated with private placement ($ 28,571) and the average cost for
a disabled student in the traditional public schools ($ 24,773), which works out to $ 3,798 per student.
Not exact matches
Why are there large gaps between the percentages of
students classified as
disabled in charter and
traditional public schools?
In many
traditional public and private
school classrooms where the majority of learners do well,
students with unique learning styles don't quite fit and often get unfairly labeled as «
disabled» or even worse.
In both cities, charter elementary
schools are much less likely than the
traditional public schools to identify
students as
disabled, and
students with identified disabilities are much less likely to apply to charter
schools.
Across the country,
disabled students represented 8.2 percent of all
students enrolled during the 2009 - 10 year
in charter
schools, compared with 11.2 percent of
students attending
traditional public schools, according to a Government Accountability Office analysis of Department of Education data.