Need $6,600? Have we got a deal for you!
If your child is Autistic, deaf, blind, has an intellectual disability, orthopedic impairments, Traumatic Brain Injury, and/or visual impairments, then the State of Tennessee will “award” you around $6,600!! (Oh, by the way, you have to give up all individual educational help you already get for free, and your child can no longer go to public school!)
We will load up an Individualized Education Account Debit card with money for you to spend on educational stuff (only some of it has to be pre-approved!), and you can then set about educating your child at home for less than the cost of what taxpayers are paying to help your children (and costs you nothing but is required by law!)
YOU WILL ALSO GET SCHOOL CHOICE!! And, by school choice, we mean that you can choose the private school of your choice or home school, because once you take the money, you no longer have the ‘choice’ of public schools.
And please, remember that private schools don’t have to follow IDEA, so if your child has special needs, the schools don’t have to honor your requests! But, ignore that, you get $6,600!
We recognize that some people may only be looking for money, so here is a web address that tells you the things to consider: tn.gov/…
Included in the website is information on what to do if you don’t have an internet connection.
Keep in mind that you will still have to test your child and send the results to Nashville at the end of the year, as well as keep track of all accounts, expenses, and take full legal responsibility for your child’s education!
Wow, what a deal, though, right!!!??