If a parent enrolls a student in MOCAP part-time and part-time in a private or home school, is that student entitled to special education services from the public school district?
The student is not entitled to individualized special education services if enrolled in a private school or home schooled. Part-time enrollment by a parent in a private school or home school classifies the child as a private/nonpublic school student. The district where the private or home school is located has an obligation to identify the children with special needs in the district and to spend a proportionate share of the federal funding on special education for children enrolled in private schools. It is highly unlikely that an individual student will get a full range of special education services under the proportionate share requirement.