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Rochester board unanimously backs resolution calling for full federal funding of IDEA
Summary
The board voted 6–0 to approve a resolution asking Congress to fully fund the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; parents and the district’s Special Education PAC gave public testimony urging action.
The Rochester Community Schools Board of Education unanimously approved a resolution on Feb. 20 urging Congress to fully fund the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), a federal law enacted in 1975 that the resolution said was intended to be 40% federally funded.
Why it matters: Board members and parents said full federal funding would reduce the pressure on state and local budgets and support services for students with disabilities. Speakers at the meeting described how incomplete federal funding has…
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