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Board approves J‑13 emergency funding for Line and Bridge fires; adds commitment to make up missed special‑education services
Summary
After countywide Line and Bridge fires forced school closures, the Board approved a J‑13 declaration to restore state funding for missed days. Trustees adopted substitute language committing the county office to provide compensatory special‑education services for students who did not receive services specified in their IEPs.
The San Bernardino County Board of Education approved submission of a J‑13 declaration to the California Department of Education to account for instructional time lost during the Line and Bridge wildfires. The action allows the county to preserve state funding for programs that were disrupted when schools and county classroom programs closed.
The nut graf: trustees also secured a board‑level commitment that students with individualized education programs (IEPs) who missed services because of the closures will receive compensatory…
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