Sentences with phrase «independent local education agencies»

The addition of this new charter - only SELPA will provide a much needed option for charter schools seeking status as independent local education agencies (LEAs) for special education, which requires membership in a SELPA.

New Jersey charter school law identifies charter schools as independent local education agencies (LEAs) that function in many ways like traditional school districts.

It is careful to address how such considerations play out for charter schools that function as independent Local Education Agencies (LEAs) and those that are part of district LEAs.

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The Education Act of 1980 introduced the Assisted Place Scheme which took selected and gifted children out of the state school system and placed them into independent schools; the trade union reform acts abolished the closed shops, secondary picketing and stamped down wild - cat strikes; the Education Act of 1988 introduced City Technology Colleges, which took states schools out of the purview of the Local Education Authority; the 1988 Next Steps development began a transformation of the civil service by fragmenting in up into executive agencies; and the NHS and Community Care Act 1990 introduced the internal market into the NHS.

The Impact of LEA Status on Special Education in Charter Schools discusses how a charter school's legal status as part of a larger local education agency («LEA») or as its own independent LEA affects the autonomy, funding, and programming of thEducation in Charter Schools discusses how a charter school's legal status as part of a larger local education agency («LEA») or as its own independent LEA affects the autonomy, funding, and programming of theducation agency («LEA») or as its own independent LEA affects the autonomy, funding, and programming of the school.

Since the formation of these consortia, participating schools have vastly improved the quality of special education services available to their students, and many have secured status as independent local educational agencies (LEAs) for special education.

Although the mix of authorizing bodies varies by state, it may include state education agencies, local school districts, independent charter school boards, nonprofits, and even colleges and universities (as in Michigan).

Upon referral, the local education agency (District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) or independent charter schools) in which the child is enrolled must evaluate the child.

DCPS is the only geographical local education agency, and therefore is responsible for all Child Find activities provided to students who are not enrolled in independent charter schools.

Finding therapeutic help for children with emotional, behaviour and mental health problems can be found by contacting an independent play therapist or practitioner (for which you will have to pay a fee) or by using a therapist whose services are fully or partly funded by local authority children's, education, social, or health services, a charity or some other agency.