Date of Award
2019
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Education (EdD)
Department
School of Education
Abstract
There is a growing concern that public charter schools, as publicly funded entities, which are mandated to ensure FAPE and IDEA, are lagging significantly behind public non-charter schools, when it comes to special education student enrollment. This potentially creates an unbalanced special education student ratio between public non-charter schools and public charters. This dissertation examines the enrollment rates of special education students between public charters and public non-charter schools in a large, metropolitan American school district, over a five-year period. This body of work examines causality and the effect of enrollment data along with the potential implications.
Recommended Citation
Lind, Mary Ann, "Charter Schools and Special Education Enrollment Rates" (2019). Dissertations. 3348.
https://ecommons.luc.edu/luc_diss/3348
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Copyright Statement
Copyright © 2018 Mary Ann Lind
