The school must meet IEPs needs. If the school can't meet the needs of severe children, the staff must meet with the parents and central services to find another placement. It would be rare to not be able to meet the child's needs. It is probably truer of private charter schools outside MPS schools. Charter instrumentality schools such as Fritsche are still held to the same standards regarding special education because they are still part of the district.
Funding is always a fear when considering becoming a charter school.
However, look at the funding last. There's a tremendous will at the board level to make it happen. The board wants charter and non-charter schools to be funded the same. That will be an incentive to other schools to try this. Mr. Androkopolous suggested that if we consider becoming a charter instrumentality school, we might want to write into the contract that MPS provide district money for the district school part of our building.