i would be shocked to find that it costs less for a special ed child to be educated by a private school, unless you are talking about adding a child to a system that is already n place.
I have been sitting thru countless meetings where parents (of all religions and cultures)are trying to get their children placed into private schools for any number of reasons and find professionals to fight their case. Sometimes it is in the childs best interest and sometimes it isnt. Sometimes it may be best for the child culturally, but that is not an obligation the state must cover. I don’t think language or religion are good enough reasons to make a state cover a childs placement if they can service them educationally.
Nisht – when you said that it is cheaper (from the situations you spoke of), do you mean that the amount of tuition alocated by their district is less then we would actually need for their education, or do you mean that the amount they themselves spend per kid when servicing them is less?