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Bill to clarify tuition calculation for students in psychiatric/residential treatment centers draws opposition from OPI
Summary
House Bill 669 would amend how tuition is calculated for students educated at residential psychiatric hospitals or treatment facilities and strike a subsection that allowed the superintendent to divert funds. The Office of Public Instruction opposed the bill, saying the change would remove an established funding mechanism schools rely on.
Representative David Beatty opened the hearing on House Bill 669, telling the committee the bill clarifies how tuition payments should be calculated when local school districts provide education to students placed in children's psychiatric hospitals, residential treatment facilities or therapeutic group homes. Beatty said the bill references existing tuition statutes and is intended as a cleanup to ensure the same formula applies in these placements.
"This bill clarifies how tuition payments are to…
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