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Parent tells board SUSD has withheld proportionate-share special education funds for private-school students

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Summary

A parent told the governing board the district has received roughly $2,031,000 in proportionate-share funds in five years but served only seven eligible private-school students; she asked the board to direct the director of special education to release funds and investigate district practice.

Jenny Clark, a parent and former appointee to the Arizona State Board of Education, told the Scottsdale Unified School District governing board during public comment that her child qualified for proportionate-share special education services but that the district requires parents to drive children to district schools and to take time off work in order to receive services.

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