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Commissioner says special-education recruitment ongoing after court ruling; department moves SPED roles to local payroll
Summary
Following a recent Supreme Court ruling in a special-education case referenced at the hearing, department leaders said they are recruiting special-education staff, moving critical SPED positions to local funding and monitoring potential service shortfalls.
Senators asked the Department of Education about staffing and legal compliance following a Supreme Court ruling in a special-education case referenced in the hearing transcript (identified in testimony as AJT v. AussieAussieO).
Commissioner Deionne Wells Hedrington told lawmakers the department is “in the process of transitioning some of those critical SPED…
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