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FAPE and private school students
All children with disabilities are entitled to receive FAPE in the United States.

On a state level, most private school students do not receive IDEA rights.

Under IDEA, public school districts are required to assess private school students for special education services, but public districts are not required to provide those private school students with those services.

Students attending private schools per parents’ request, do not have an entitlement to receive special education services and it must be requested per the parent.

IDEA demands that school districts provide appropriate services to children with disabilities that are enrolled in a private school. Within this requirement, state (SEA) and local (LEA) education agencies are required to assist in the process to ensure these educational needs are met.

Private school representatives and representatives of parents with a disabled child enrolled in a private school will take counsel from the LEA to plan out services required to meet the students’ educational goals.