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Category: Special Education Financing

Navigating Special Education in Charter Schools Part II: The Authorizers' Role In Ensuring Quality Special Education Programs, Lauren Morando Rhim, National Association of Charter School Authorizers, September 2007

Project Intersect's Access and Accountability for Students with Disabilities in California Charter Schools, Lauren M. Rhim, Jennifer Faukner, Margaret McLaughlin, November 2006

Special Education and Charter Schools Workshop- DVD, California Charter Schools Association
This two DVD set of a four hour workshop addresses who qualifies for special education; which special education students must charter schools serve; how to identify special education students; the Individual Education Plan (IEP); and the charter school’s responsibility in meeting the needs of special education students.

Primers for Charter School Operators: Special Education Requirements and Including Students with Disabilities in Charter Schools, Sandra H. Warren, Eileen M. Ahearn, Elizabeth A. Giovannetti, Cheryl M. Lange, Lauren M. Rhim., National Association of State Directors of Special Education, Inc., June 2004

Charter Schools: Research on Special Education, Terry L. Jackson, Project FORUM at National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDS), June 2003
This report offers a summary of policy, practice, and research recommendations to review and identify research-based national, state, and local policies and practices that support or hinder charter schools serving students with disabilities, evaluate their impact and outcome on these students, and offer recommendations for improvements.

Project SEARCH (Special Education as Requirements in Charter Schools), Eileen M. Ahearn, Cheryl M. Lange, Lauren Morando Rhim, Margaret J. McLaughlin, October 2001

Charter Schools and Students with Disabilities: A National Study, Final Report, Thomas A. Fiore, Lessley M. Harwell, Jose Blackorby, Kara S. Finnigan, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, US Department of Education

California Primer on Special Education in Charter Schools (draft)

Charter Schools Special Education Guidebook, Laura Freppel, Colorado Department of Education
The purpose of this handbook is to provide an overview of federal and Colorado special education laws and also a framework for those needing information about special education issues that impact charter schools.

Charter Schools Special Education Guidelines
The purpose of these guidelines is to assist local boards of education, charter school organizers and charter school governing boards in identifying legal, procedural and funding issues related to serving students with disabilities in Colorado charter schools.

Georgia Primer on Special Education in Charter Schools

Hawaii Primers on Special Education in Charter Schools

Idaho Primer on Special Education in Charter Schools

Maryland Primer on Special Education in Charter Schools

Michigan Primer on Special Education in Charter Schools

New Jersey Primer on Special Education in Charter Schools

Ohio Primers on Special Education in Charter Schools

Primers on Implementing Special Education in Charter Schools

Project Intersect: Studying Special Education in Charter Schools, University of Maryland, in collaboration with the National Association of State Directors of Special Education and Lange Consults
This federally funded three year study on how special education and charter schools intersect offers a series of reports of how special education is accessed and delivered to children in charters who have disabilities.

Tennessee Primer on Special Education in Charter Schools

Center for Special Education Finance/The Special Education Expenditure Project
The mission of the Center for Special Education Finance (CSEF) is to address fiscal policy questions related to the delivery and support of special education throughout the United States and disseminate up-to-date information to stakeholders at all levels. For more information, see About CSEF. The Special Education Expenditure Project (SEEP) represents a major focus for CSEF. It is the first comprehensive, nationally representative study of special education spending to be undertaken in more than a decade. For more information, see About SEEP.