A system that funnels all disability referrals through special education is likely to overburden special education diagnostic staff with some evaluations they really should not be performing. In some larger districts, referral screening committees make judgments regarding the appropriateness of referrals, and what types of referrals are necessary for each case. The parent can ask, but the school does not have to pay. Parents generally have to pay for all the fees and costs normally asked of parents of non-disabled students. This is true whether the course is on the IEP or not.
All parents have to pay for school supplies, lost books, field trip fees, etc.
You may respectfully decline. This question raises issues that could be argued effectively for either the student or the school. Moreover, a new IDEA provision may complicate the legal framework within which we can analyze the issue. Consequently, although we may discuss how the potential legal arguments for either side might be articulated, as well as enlighten the proper legal analyses to be used, a conclusive and definitive answer is probably not within our reach. Specifically, caselaw showed that the legal analysis hinges on whether reasonable accommodations could be provided to the student to enable his participation in the activity without either fundamentally altering essential eligibility requirements normally applied to the activity, or without posing an undue administrative or financial burden on the school.