Students with Disabilities

The My School DC lottery process is available to all DC residents. Students with disabilities use the same lottery application process and can apply to any DCPS or DC public charter school. No student shall be denied admission into a DC public school because of disabilities or suspected disabilities. 

If a student receives a lottery match or waitlist offer, the Local Education Agency (LEA) must enroll that student regardless of the student’s special education status. However, the LEA may serve the student at a different campus within their LEA than where the student was matched in order to appropriately serve the student’s Individual Education Program (IEP).
 
If you have a student with disabilities, we encourage you to reach out to individual LEAs to learn more about their special education policies. You can learn more about school-level special education services by contacting the school's special education contact (located on each school profile). Learn more about the DCPS special education process here.  

Learn more about the lottery process for students with disabilities here.