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This 2011 study from the National Charter School Resource Center focuses on the special education cooperative as a model for providing services to charter school students with disabilities. The study, conducted by researchers at American Institutes for Research, involved reviews of eight special education cooperatives serving charter schools and includes an analysis of the factors for success, descriptions of the cooperatives and their structures, as well as a table of key questions that should be considered by people who are contemplating implementing the model.

The Special Education Local Plan Area Reorganization report was approved January 4, 2011, by the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education. The eight-page report includes background on special education oversight and responsibility, details the new arrangement’s impact on charter and district schools, and describes the creation of an advisory board. The report also notes unresolved issues, including elements of how money will be distributed.