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Task force approves special education report urging full excess-cost funding, more tuition transparency
Summary
The Connecticut Special Education Task Force voted to approve a draft report that calls for changes to the state's excess cost reimbursement system, new reporting on private/residential tuition rates, and other recommendations to reduce out-of-district placements and support in-district programming.
The Connecticut Special Education Task Force voted to approve a revised report that urges the state to fully fund excess cost (ECS) reimbursements, consider eliminating tiered reimbursement thresholds, and require the State Department of Education to collate tuition-rate information for private and regional programs and make it available to districts.
The panel’s vote to adopt the report as edited by staff came at the end of a lengthy meeting during which members debated the costs and mechanics of proposed changes. The motion to approve the report, described in the meeting as “the report as modified by Michelle Robbins,” passed by voice vote; members recorded “aye” and the chair declared the motion adopted. No roll-call tally was provided in the…
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