Attending a private school on an IEP, exemption?

[2boyzmama]

We are considering sending our son to a private school on an IEP because our local district can't meet his special needs (he needs a sign language based curriculum and intensive speech therapy). Our state allows for all three exemptions, and we have one on file for him at the public school. But if the public school transfers him out of district to this private (religious) school, do they have to accept his exemption?

The public school will be paying his tuition and transportation, not us.

[anj_rn]

I think that religious schools can refuse to accept religious exemptions, but not philisophical or medical ones. Which makes logical sense.

[FernG]

Since you will go on an IEP, the money for your child is coming from the government. Shools that accept federal money (and a large protion of SpEd money is federal) must accept state excemptions as required by federal law. Additionally, each state has different rules in their excemption laws regarding private and religious schools. Some states let all private school reject excemptions. Other states only let religious school reject excemptions. Some states require all schools to accept all excemptions.

If you are the first person this school has seen with an excemption, then you may or may not have a hard time getting them to accept your excemption.