The Villages Charter School accepts federal and State government money. The Villages Charter School does not serve a range of Exceptional Student Education (ESE). I am glad the developer is building these schools so that employees and service providers' children will have a great school to attend. I wish they would provide services to the full range of students with exceptionalities as I believe in equal educational opportunity and people with disabilities need to receive an exceptional education and have the opportunity to engage in activities. It is important to realize money used to fund the Charter school is siphoned from counties leaving them less money to educate children who reside in their area. So children who are vulnerable and need services either due to illness or ongoing disability are left in public schools with less funds to care for them. It would be great if The Villages decided not to drain the neighboring counties' funds and be self supporting but they are not. The Villages Charter is receiving funds through Public Charter School Program Grant (CSP) Planning, Program Design and Implementation (2022-
2025) and Title IV, Part C of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as
amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 (ESSA) (20 U.S.C. 7221-7221j). It is public information.
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