For example, one ISD, which processes the billing for 28 local public school districts and two public school academies for Medicaid -
eligible students receiving special education services, saved schools $ 7,913,061 through Medicaid revenue.
Not exact matches
However, the two groups of schools enrolled similar percentages of
students who
received special -
education services, were English language learners, or were
eligible for free or reduced - price school meals.
BASIS charter schools comply with all aspects of federal and state civil rights and disability laws and are committed to ensuring that all
students who are
eligible for
special education and related
services who attend BASIS charter schools
receive these
services.
BASIS charter schools are public schools that provide a free and appropriate public
education to students with disabilities who are currently eligible, or are determined eligible, to receive special education services and related services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Ac
education to
students with disabilities who are currently
eligible, or are determined
eligible, to
receive special education services and related services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Ac
education services and related
services under the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Ac
Education Act (IDEA).
In December of 2016, journalist Brian Rosenthal published an expose in the Houston Chronicle that revealed a relatively long - standing «policy» in Texas designed to reduce over-identification of
students as
eligible to
receive special education services.
The brief argues that a
student is not
eligible to
receive special education or related
services based solely on an autism diagnosis.
As documented under Section 1115 of Title I, Part A of the Every
Students Succeeds Act (ESSA), a local
education agency
receiving Title I funds «may use funds
received under this part only for programs that provide
services to
eligible children under subsection (b) identified as having the greatest need for special assistance... Eligible children are children identified by the school as failing, or most at risk of failing, to meet the State's challenging student academic achievement standards on the basis of multiple, educationally related, objective criteria established by the local educational agency and supplemented by the school, except that children from preschool through grade 2 shall be selected solely on the basis of such criteria as teacher judgment, interviews with parents, and developmentally appropriate measures
eligible children under subsection (b) identified as having the greatest need for
special assistance...
Eligible children are children identified by the school as failing, or most at risk of failing, to meet the State's challenging student academic achievement standards on the basis of multiple, educationally related, objective criteria established by the local educational agency and supplemented by the school, except that children from preschool through grade 2 shall be selected solely on the basis of such criteria as teacher judgment, interviews with parents, and developmentally appropriate measures
Eligible children are children identified by the school as failing, or most at risk of failing, to meet the State's challenging
student academic achievement standards on the basis of multiple, educationally related, objective criteria established by the local educational agency and supplemented by the school, except that children from preschool through grade 2 shall be selected solely on the basis of such criteria as teacher judgment, interviews with parents, and developmentally appropriate measures».
Schools assume the full responsibility for providing quality and compliant
special education programs and
services, while ensuring that all
eligible students receive a free and appropriate public
education as dictated by the IDEA.