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Special-education costs top $13.1 million; district seeks Medicaid, state aid recovery
Summary
Assistant superintendent for pupil personnel services told the board special education represents about $13.1 million of the district budget; officials described aid reimbursement, Medicaid billing and a pending state legal issue that could raise costs.
Port Jervis officials reported March 11 that special education accounts for roughly $13.1 million in the proposed district budget and that current reimbursement mechanisms cover only about half of those costs, leaving significant local exposure.
Assistant Superintendent for Pupil Personnel Services Suntani Durier told the board the district budgets for tuition, contractual services (therapies and nursing), extended-school-year placements and transportation for students with significant needs. Durier said the district attempts to recover major portions of those costs through state excess-cost aid and Medicaid reimbursements but stressed both streams have…
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