Abram Sisneros was excited to go to kindergarten at the same school his older brother attended and where he had just completed two years of preschool.
But at a meeting before the start of kindergarten, his parents were told that Abram, who has Down syndrome, needed more services than the school could provide. He wouldn’t be able to attend the school his parents had chosen for him.
The district was able to turn Abram away because Colorado’s school choice law—which allows most students to attend any school that has room for them, regardless of boundaries—also allows school districts to reject students with disabilities if administrators say the school can’t meet a particular student’s educational needs.
