Appendix B: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) (OSEP, March 2007)
Obligations of Public Agencies in Serving Children with Disabilities Placed by Their Parents at Private Schools
supplement but in no case supplant the proportionate amount of the federal IDEA funds required to be expended under this provision.
Question C-5: What is the process for developing a services plan for a parentally- placed private school child with a disability?
Answer: Each parentally-placed private school child with a disability who has been designated by the LEA in which the private school is located to receive special education or related services must have a services plan. The services plan describes the specific special education or related services that the LEA will provide to the child. The LEA must ensure that a representative of the private school attends each meeting to develop the services plan and, if the representative cannot attend, use other methods to ensure participation by the private school, including individual or conference telephone calls. This provides the opportunity for private school staff to learn more about the child's strengths and needs.
Question C-6: What is the difference between an individualized education program (IEP) and a services plan?
Answer: Children with disabilities enrolled in public schools or who are publicly-placed in private schools are entitled to a free appropriate public education (FAPE) and must receive the full range of services under Part B that are determined by the child’s IEP team to be necessary to meet the child’s individual needs and provide FAPE. The IEPs for these children generally will be more comprehensive than the more limited services plans developed for parentally-placed private school children with disabilities designated to receive services. A services plan should reflect only the services offered to a parentally- placed private school child with a disability designated to receive services and must, to the extent appropriate, meet the IEP content requirements described in Section 614(d) of the Act, or, when appropriate, for children aged three through five, the Individual Family Services Plan (IFSP) requirements described in Section 636(d) of the Act as to the services that are to be provided.
Question C-7: Who provides equitable services to parentally-placed private school children with disabilities?
Answer: Equitable services must be provided by employees of a public agency or through contract by the public agency with an individual, association, agency, organization or other entity. An LEA may use Part B funds to make public school personnel available in other than public facilities to the extent necessary to provide equitable services for private school children with disabilities and if those services are not normally provided by the private school. An LEA may use Part B funds to pay for the services of an employee of a private school to provide equitable services if the employee performs the services outside of his or
BP 2005 – Private Schools and Services
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Desert Mountain Special Education Local Plan Area (DMSELPA) (rev. 11/09)
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