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Special education review committee recommends staffing, route consolidation and in‑house nursing to reduce fund deficit
Summary
A six-month Special Education Fund Executive Review Committee recommended restructuring early‑childhood coordination, combining small vehicle bus routes, hiring SLP capacity and reducing vendor nursing reliance to address a projected special-education fund deficit and low fund balance.
The Special Education Fund Executive Review Committee presented recommendations after roughly six months of work aimed at reducing a projected fund deficit and restoring the district's special-education fund balance toward the board target.
The presenter said the committee met eight times and used district budget data and state Department of Education benchmarks to identify elevated cost areas. The committee reported the district had reduced an initial FY25 projected special-education deficit (about $500,000 in July) to an estimated $330,000 through fall decisions; that would leave an estimated FY25 year-end fund balance of about $700,000…
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