(6) EDUCATIONAL CHOICE.-- 
(a) Public school choices.--Parents of public school students may seek whatever public school choice options that are applicable to their students and are available to students in their school districts. These options may include controlled open enrollment, lab schools, charter schools, charter technical career centers, magnet schools, alternative schools, special programs, advanced placement, dual enrollment, International Baccalaureate, International General Certificate of Secondary Education (pre-AICE), Advanced International Certificate of Education, early admissions, credit by examination or demonstration of competency, the New World School of the Arts, the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, and the Florida Virtual School. These options may also include the public school choice options of the Opportunity Scholarship Program and the McKay Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program.

Note that it includes alternative and special schools. This is the law that opened the doors for kids all over the state to have unimpeded access to the school for the deaf, effectively equating these schools with LRE in the FAPE based on parental choice. In most states parents encounter many roadblocks when trying to have their kid enrolled in a special school because most districts have policies or practices that inhibit such placements, using the IDEA as justification. In the case of a deaf child such a practice is potentially harmful because of their unique language and communication needs.