A friend of mine recently took her daughter to check out a new priviate daycare opening in our neighborhood. Her daughter is 3, and has developmental delays along with possible LDs. She is doing fine now in her current preschool, but the mom wants to switch her because she liked how the new facility was run. When she talked with the director, the director told her that legally she could not keep the girl from coming to the school, but the director told the mom that because of the childs “special needs” she would have to have an aid, and that this aid should be provided from the school district. Does anyone know if the director can mandate that this child needs an aid, eventhough it is not in the childs IEP (and really, the child does not need one, she is making progress without it)? Would the center have to pay for it or would the school district have to pay for it (eventhough its summer)?
Id really appreciate any info, Ive gone over the information I have had from my sped classes but they dont go into so much depth!
Thank you
Samantha
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Re: discrimination in preschool?
But why should she have to choose a different preschool? See this is what makes me angry… the Americans with Disabilities Act is there to protect civil rights and ensure nondiscrimination in “privately operated businesses that are open to the public”, thats what a daycare is… so they cannot discriminate against this child because she has a disability- its the law
Re: discrimination in preschool?
Are we talking about a Pre-school or a Daycare? These would be 2 very different situations. As a daycare provider, I am not mandated to take special needs children. (Even though I do & love it!)
I am impressed that the director of a private daycare center believes she must accept the child at all. I’m not aware that any private school, preschool or not, must accept any student if they do not wish to.
In my state, this parent would be directed to any one of several public daycare centers and no district would pay for an aide at the insistence of the director of a private day care center.