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Letter: Research options for gifted students

ISSUE | EDUCATION Research options for gifted students According to the letter, "Funds for charters" (Feb. 22), "Like regular school districts, charter schools have individualized education programs for gifted students . . . ."

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ISSUE | EDUCATION

Research options for gifted students

According to the letter, "Funds for charters" (Feb. 22), "Like regular school districts, charter schools have individualized education programs for gifted students . . . ."

Charter schools are exempt from Pennsylvania's regulations for gifted education. While public school districts are required to identify and meet the needs of gifted students through Gifted Individualized Education Plans, charter and private schools may assist - or ignore - gifted students. Parents have procedural safeguards, including due process, only when their gifted child is enrolled in a public school district.

Parents must educate themselves to make informed decisions about which schooling option is best for their gifted child. Resources are available through the state Department of Education and the Office for Dispute Resolution.

|Rose Jacobs, board member, Bensalem Association for Gifted Education, Trevose