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Granite School District presents special-education update as caseload and costs rise
Summary
Dr. Bryce Day briefed the Granite School District board on the size, staffing and legal risks of the district’s special-education program, noting a rising prevalence rate, a drop in self-contained funding and potential budgetary impacts from legal costs.
Dr. Bryce Day, addressing the Granite School District Board of Education on April 15, said the district serves roughly 8,102 students receiving special-education services and is seeing a rising prevalence rate for disability services.
Day said special education remains “the most complex, expensive, and litigious aspect of our school system,” and described staffing levels, service minutes and the district’s projected annual workload as evidence of that burden. He reported about 349 special-education teachers, 55 speech-language pathologists, 44 school psychologists, 658 instructional paraprofessionals and a range of related-service staff. Day said the district delivers about 64,000 minutes of service daily (roughly 19,300,000 minutes annually) on an operating budget near $83,000,000.
The presentation gave detail on student placement and outcomes. Day said about 63% of students with disabilities receive services in general-education classrooms or short pullouts, roughly 23% receive between 60 and 179 minutes daily, and about 13%…
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