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House committee introduces bill to create high‑needs special education reimbursement fund
Summary
Representative Ben Furman, sponsor of RS 32437, told the House Education Committee that the bill would "help schools with their special education needs" by creating a fund to assist districts with exceptionally high costs for students who require a full‑time aide or medical care.
Representative Ben Furman, sponsor of RS 32437, told the House Education Committee that the bill would "help schools with their special education needs" by creating a fund to assist districts with exceptionally high costs for students who require a full‑time aide or medical care.
The bill, Furman said, is intended to address what he described as "over an $80,000,000 gap" in special‑education funding statewide. Under the proposal the fund would begin reimbursing districts for costs that exceed the first $15,000 for an individual student; after $65,000 in expenses the state and the district would split costs, and each district would be capped…
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