OSERS issues this Q&A document to provide State educational agencies
(SEAs), local educational agencies (LEAs), parents, advocacy
organizations, and other interested parties with information regarding
the requirements for serving children with disabilities placed by their
parents in private schools. This Q&A document represents the
Department’s current thinking on this topic. In addition there are new topics, such questions have been added to address
the consultation process, response to intervention (RTI), the process
for developing a services plan, the difference between a services plan
and an individualized education program (IEP), child find, and child
count.