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Committee gives straw-poll support to amendment renaming special-education cost tiers to categories A–C
Summary
Lawmakers conducted a straw poll and indicated support for an amendment to replace statutory labels 'high cost/medium cost/low cost' with categories 'A, B, C' to avoid stigmatizing students; members said definitions in the amendment's definition section remain unchanged.
Members of the committee gave informal, unanimous support in a straw poll for an amendment that would replace statutory labels on special-education tiers currently described as "high cost, medium cost, low cost" with neutral labels "category A, B, C." The change is intended to avoid stigmatizing students by cost label while preserving the definitions and per-pupil weighting used for funding.
The amendment's sponsor said the proposal makes no change to the substantive definitions in statute and only renames the labels; a member reviewing the amendment said the definition section still provides the necessary detail to prevent vagueness. The chair called for a show of hands; members raised hands in favor and none opposed.
Ending: The committee proceeded to other agenda business after the straw poll. No formal vote on the amendment was recorded in the transcript.
