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Board asks state for aid to cover $1.64 million special‑education deficit and $231,465 in English‑learner costs
Summary
At the Sept. 22 meeting the Pleasant Valley board authorized requests to the School Budget Review Committee (SBRC) for modified supplemental spending authority and supplemental aid tied to the district's 2024‑25 special‑education deficit and excess limited‑English proficiency costs.
The Pleasant Valley Community School District board voted Sept. 22 to ask the Iowa School Budget Review Committee for additional spending authority and supplemental aid covering the district's final 2024‑25 special‑education deficit and excess limited‑English proficiency (LEP) costs. The board authorized two separate requests: one tied to a $1,636,917.40 special‑education shortfall and another for $231,464.77 in LEP excess costs.
District staff told the board that Medicaid reimbursement and student counts are the primary drivers of year‑to‑year changes in the special‑education deficit. "The amounts that we do bill for Medicaid... have the effect of decreasing our special education deficit because that's revenue coming in that decreases our…
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