Every Student Succeeds Act: Advancing Equity for Children with Disabilities in Charter Schools

(May 2023) Useful to Parent Centers in understanding how the provisions in the education law, ESSA, will impact special education in the charter sector.

This presentation, by Lauren Morando Rhim, Ph.D., Executive Director of National Center for Special Education in Charter Schools, provides an overview of charter schools and their responsibilities to students with disabilities as well as a summary of provisions in the Every Student Succeeds Act that will help advance equity for students with disabilities.

This presentation is 44 minutes in length and be viewed at: https://youtu.be/-e2UreRulBc

PowerPoint presentation available at: https://www.advocacyinstitute.org/ESSA/ESSA-StudentswithDisabilitiesinCharterSchools.pdf  (PDF, 1.27 MB )