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Union leader and parents urge school board to form special education committee amid staffing, funding and liability concerns
Summary
FEA president and a parent asked the board to create a dedicated school board special education committee to address chronic staffing shortages, recruiting challenges, safety/liability issues and funding shortfalls for special education services.
At the Oct. 7 meeting of the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District board, Danette Peterson — speaking both as president of the Fairbanks Education Association and as a parent of a special‑education student — urged trustees to form a school board special education committee to focus on compliance, staffing, liability and funding.
Peterson said certified and classified special education positions are "hard to fill," sometimes remaining vacant for entire school years and producing chronic understaffing that affects students’ access to services. She told the board she has seen educators leave the district and the…
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