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Task force asks staff for scenario runs on at‑risk and enrollment weightings, transportation and teacher‑pay options
Summary
The Special Education and Related Services Funding Task Force asked staff on May 20 to prepare detailed scenario runs: partial or full reallocation of at‑risk funding, changes to high/low enrollment weightings, transportation‑distance scenarios, teacher‑pay approaches and alternative ways to fund special education.
The Special Education and Related Services Funding Task Force on May 20 asked staff to prepare modeling and scenario runs that the group can use to compare alternatives to the current foundation and supplemental aid framework.
What the task force asked staff to model
The chair summarized the group’s discussion and asked staff to prepare comparative runs and background briefs for the next meeting. The task force specifically requested scenario work in several areas that members repeatedly raised during debate:
- At‑risk funding: model partial and full reductions in the at‑risk weighting with offsets into an increased base and show district‑level winners and losers under each scenario (examples: 25%, 50%, 75% reductions; full reallocation into base). Members asked for results showing district‑level fiscal impacts and likely effects on targeted services.
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