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Lee County board plans resolution after committee flags exceptional‑children funding cap
Summary
Operations committee members told the board that state funding for Exceptional Children (EC) services is capped at 13% of ADM while Lee County reports 16.8% of students identified as EC; the committee said removing the cap would add roughly $1.8 million in funding and will pursue a resolution to the General Assembly.
Operations committee members told the Lee County Board of Education that state formula constraints cap funding for Exceptional Children (EC) services at 13% of average daily membership, while the district currently identifies 16.8% of students as EC.
Alan discussed the discrepancy and said, “if there was no cap there, we would receive approximately…
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