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Hamilton County Schools outlines exceptional-education funding, proposes service-hour/acuity staffing model
Summary
The district plans to keep overall exceptional-education spending near FY25 levels while changing staffing to a service-hour (acuity) model and reinvesting savings into additional BCBAs, RBTs and roving assistance.
Hamilton County Schools administrators told the finance committee they plan to hold general-purpose funding for exceptional education near FY25 levels while changing how in-school staffing is allocated to match student needs.
Superintendent Ed Robertson said the draft continues a roughly $54 million general-purpose allocation that the administration identifies as the district's exceptional-education support baseline and noted the district also expects IDEA-related funding of about $11.6 million. "That 54 includes that 54. But since there's been a lot of conversation about it, we wanted to make sure that we represented what that total amount was going towards x ed," Robertson said.
Why it matters: Maintaining the overall dollar investment while moving to a service-hour or "acuity" model changes where…
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