Payment delay for special needs vouchers could limit choice and cost parents money
A notice to private schools delaying payment of state special needs scholarships was met with criticism recently from lawmakers who said the move was a bureaucratic attempt to “kill” the voucher program.
The Georgia Department of Education’s new payment structure could mean that children with Down syndrome, autism, dyslexia and attention deficit disorder will be shut of the schools of their choice. The state DOE has asked that campuses accepting Georgia Special Needs Scholarships now wait until Nov. 29 for their first tuition installment after services are rendered, as the statute requires. Some parents who have to pay up front for their tuition will be asked to foot a larger chunk of the bill and get reimbursed even later. If they can afford it.
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Julia Roberts
Julia Roberts is founder of Support for Special Needs and has been a regular contributor since its inception in May 2010. A mom to two kids with special needs, she didn't want other parents to feel what is the often isolating world of raising a child (or two!) with disabilities. Her kids had kidney transplants at the age of eight and will need liver transplants in the future as a result of ARPKD/CHF. They both have vision disorders and learning disabilities.
This is a fairly important bit of news. Hoping that this is given more press. The implications are beyond Georgia. The means of cutbacks seem to sound like methods used by healthcare insurance to reduce costs to the companies.
Just to mention, Kristina Chew did a very nice post on school choice over at the Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism. She said in comments that she is also working on a post titled “Special Ed 101”.