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Exceptional Children office requests additional staffing as student special‑needs enrollment rises
Summary
The Office for Exceptional Children (OEC) presented a FY26 budget showing increased payroll tied to student enrollment growth and a plan to bring behavior‑support services in‑house (BCBAs and RBTs) to reduce contracted costs; board members asked for clarification on ESSER ties and applauded non‑payroll reductions.
Shelley, an OEC presenter, gave the board an overview of the Office for Exceptional Children budget on May 29, saying the office is increasing full‑time equivalents and payroll to match rising enrollment of students with disabilities. "The full time employee is 4 71 compared with 4 85 for the 20 sixth school year…The 25 total payroll is 40,000,000, 40 point 2 million," she said, while…
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