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Committee reviews IDEA funding, contractor use for special-education services and charter-school staffing plans
Summary
The Finance and Operations Committee on an unspecified June meeting reviewed how federal IDEA funding is used to pay personnel, benefits and high-cost contractors that support more than 3,000 students with disabilities and discussed both short-term contracting and a plan to send district special-education teachers to charter schools.
The Finance and Operations Committee on an unspecified June meeting reviewed how federal IDEA funding is used to pay personnel, benefits and high-cost contractors that support more than 3,000 students with disabilities and discussed both short-term contracting and a plan to send district special-education teachers to charter schools.
"Primarily, we utilize this particular grant for the over 3,000 students that we have, personnel benefits, and, some high cost contractors for both nursing and behavioral services," Special-Education Director Miss Jackson said while presenting the IDEA abstracts.
Committee members pressed for detail on meeting mandated services while holding down costs. Jackson said…
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