Disability Law

NY School Districts Can No Longer Provide Special Ed Services To Homeschooled Students

By Danielle

Via Hodgson Russ, The SED recently informed school districts in New York that they are not authorized to provide special education services to homeschooled students. However, school districts still have some obligations to homeschooled students with disabilities:

In accordance with its child find obligations, the Committee on Special Education (CSE) still must locate and evaluate?if a parent or guardian consents to such an evaluation?all homeschooled students with disabilities. The CSE must then develop an appropriate Individualized Education Plan (IEP) for those students, which shall be offered if any such student is enrolled in public school. Consistent with this new rule, school districts should arrange for the CSE to reconvene to determine if any amendments should be made to the IEPs of all homeschooled students with disabilities.

Since the school district is no longer responsible for the provision of special education services to homeschooled students, SED has advised that parents of homeschooled students should be notified of their need to review and revise, as deemed necessary, their child?s IHIP to appropriately address any special education needs. The amended must then be reviewed and approved by the school district superintendent.

Full post as published by Mental Disability Law Blog on April 24, 2008 (boomark / email).