In this article about St. Pauls School, they reference receiving federal funds.
I didn’t think private schools, esp high end boarding schools, got federal funds (??):
https://www.vnews.com/St-Paul-s-School-lawsuit-17464383
“…Jane Doe is suing under Title IX, the civil rights law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any education program receiving federal assistance.”
Disability and special education funds?
Oh, that makes sense @SatchelSF. Do boarding schools also get Title 1 Funds?
^ I don’t think so, because boarding schools could never meet the 40% poverty/low income thresholds for their students. But I really have no idea if there are other provisions under Title I or other programs that might be applicable to certain students with defined characteristics, even at uber wealthy private schools?
I am definitely not an expert on Federal funding for special needs kids, so that is why I posted the question mark. I have seen some amazing instances of high SES parents having all sorts of outside services paid for through state/Federally administered programs, but none of these kids was at boarding schools.
I assume - in common with other very high SES boarding and private schools - that there are numerous kids at SPS with testing accommodations and individualized plans, so there must be plenty of special needs kids there.
They might get federal grant money for other purposes, too.
Just curious why a private BS would get federal funding? It’s interesting- do we then subsidize tuition for participants in certain scholarship funds or programs like is done at the collegiate level?
What about grants from say the NSF? It’s quite possible they may include these.
Think you are onto something @MAandMEmom …one school we know used to have some affiliation with the Upward Bound program and a teacher training program that was funded in part by US Dept of ED. I once worked at a local private school whose scholarship program received grants from the state (not federal gov’t) for younger students and LD students, as well as from a private foundation. Some NE boarding schools participate in the ABC program - but I am not sure if that is a federally funded program, or just funded via a network of private foundations. Maybe they do get federal funds?
SPS did, and may still, participate in such a program for training teachers.