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McFarland board members report consortium push for special‑education funding, stepped-up communications

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Board member Chapman and Superintendent Tarnitzer told the McFarland School District Board that the Greater Dane County School Governance Consortium emphasized special‑education reimbursement as its top advocacy priority and shared communications best practices used by larger districts.

Board member Chapman and Superintendent Tarnitzer told the McFarland School District Board that they attended a Greater Dane County School Governance Consortium meeting in Madison last week and that special‑education reimbursement remains the consortium's top political advocacy priority.

The consortium "had all requested a 100% of special ed reimbursement," Chapman said, and districts received 32.4% in the most recent biannual budget, a shortfall she and others…

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