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Board approves request to School Budget Review Committee for special-education negative balance
Summary
The Cedar Rapids school board voted to request additional funds from Iowa's School Budget Review Committee to cover the district's special-education negative balance for the 2024-25 school year; board discussion included remarks about long-standing underfunding of IDEA.
At its Sept. 22 meeting the Cedar Rapids Community School District Board of Education approved a request to the Iowa School Budget Review Committee (SBRC) seeking relief for a special-education negative balance for the 2024-25 school year.
The motion to approve the request was made and seconded during the administration portion of the meeting and carried on a voice vote with no recorded roll-call dissent. During discussion, a board member observed that the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) was originally promised to be funded at 40% by the federal government but has historically been funded at a much lower level (a figure cited in the discussion as roughly 10%); the speaker said most Iowa districts run a special-education deficit each year and therefore routinely apply to the SBRC for additional funding.
The board approved the request to the SBRC by unanimous voice vote as reflected in the meeting transcript.
