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Putnam County officials push early-learning pilot for children with special needs; detailed plans and lease to go to audit
Summary
County health and physical-services committees heard extensive testimony May 19 on a proposed Putnam County Early Learning Center for children with developmental disabilities. Officials and parents pressed for quick action; the item was moved to the audit committee for further review and financial backup.
Putnam County officials, school-district representatives and parents pressed the county on May 19 to speed a pilot early-learning program for children with developmental disabilities, but officials agreed more detailed financial and legal review is needed before the legislature will vote.
The county health and physical-services committees spent hours on the proposal for a Putnam County Early Learning Center intended to serve preschool-aged children with special needs. Health department staff and program planners described a two-phase approach: a contingency classroom space that could begin serving about 40 children (including 12 children with special needs) in an upstairs contingent area and a larger build-out that could eventually accommodate roughly…
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