If a 16 year old is classified as Emotionally Disturbed, but has a GED, can they start community college?

Question

instead of continuing with the Emotionally Disturbed school?

Answer 1

Of course they can.

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Answer 2

if she has he ged she should be able to saying she cant becuse of a disablity is duscrimination , if she would be happyer at collage then let her try

Answer 3

Yes they can. They can also get any accommodations listed on their current IEP by going to student services and speaking to an adviser.

Sometimes community college works better for ED kids because there will not be the kind of teasing and peer interactions that they have difficulty with in high school. Also, classes tend to be quieter and the the responsibility for success rests solely upon the student. No one is going to bug him for homework not turned in.

Answer 4

In California, any individual with either a diploma or age 18 are qualified to be admitted to a local community college.  There are no grade or course requirements.  Tuition is nominal.

Age sixteen is generally considered too early, although there are some special cases for younger students to be admitted.

While K-12 education is free and mandatory in the USA, community college education is not such a right.

While K-12 schools must, by law, accept all students, under all circumstances, community colleges are not under the same legal requirements.  While K-12 school must, by law, make every effort to help students, at community colleges it is solely the student's responsibility to enroll, ask for help, attend, learn, and pass.  While community colleges feign support of all individuals with disabilities, there support is largely limited to the blind, the deaf, and those in wheelchairs.  Although laws do prevent discrimination and exclusion of those with mental retardation or emotional disorders, community colleges routinely exclude such students by making all courses "academically based" (even ceramics or shop classes), insist that students may not meet the "ability to benefit" requirement, or that their behaviors are "disruptive" to the classes.