http://www.childrenseducationalliance-mo.org/main/open-enrollment-special-students Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:25:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.childrenseducationalliance-mo.org/main/open-enrollment-special-students/comment-page-1#comment-30 Open Enrollment Top Reform Issue as Legislature Returns | Children’s Education Alliance of Missouri Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:18:18 +0000 http://www.childrenseducationalliance-mo.org/?p=1021#comment-30 [...] Children’s Education Alliance has previously discussed how open enrollment can benefit special needs students. In addition to being able to move their child to a district with better services, the parent would [...] [...] Children’s Education Alliance has previously discussed how open enrollment can benefit special needs students. In addition to being able to move their child to a district with better services, the parent would [...]

]]> http://www.childrenseducationalliance-mo.org/main/open-enrollment-special-students/comment-page-1#comment-14 Options Lacking for Parents of Special Needs Students | Children’s Education Alliance of Missouri Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:14:03 +0000 http://www.childrenseducationalliance-mo.org/?p=1021#comment-14 [...] Parents who call our office usually know that the law requires a free, appropriate public education to be afforded to their child. Therefore, they ask “can’t I just transfer my child to another district with better services?” The answer is unfortunately “no.” This ideal is called open enrollment and Missouri has yet to join the 40 other states in the country who have some form of open enrollment. Open enrollment simply allows parents to transfer their child to a school outside of their assigned district if the receiving district has room. For more on open enrollment, check out our previous post on how open enrollment would help special needs students. [...] [...] Parents who call our office usually know that the law requires a free, appropriate public education to be afforded to their child. Therefore, they ask “can’t I just transfer my child to another district with better services?” The answer is unfortunately “no.” This ideal is called open enrollment and Missouri has yet to join the 40 other states in the country who have some form of open enrollment. Open enrollment simply allows parents to transfer their child to a school outside of their assigned district if the receiving district has room. For more on open enrollment, check out our previous post on how open enrollment would help special needs students. [...]

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