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Special education report: district says staffing is full, funding rules changing for next year
Summary
The district’s special education presentation to the school board highlighted updated enrollment/eligibility figures, improved staffing (nurses, SLPs, therapists), and state funding-rule changes that will alter the timing and mechanism of special education funding next year.
Granite Falls School District staff presented the annual special education report at the Oct. 22 board meeting, telling the board the district is fully staffed in key special education roles and describing state funding-rule changes that will alter how special education funds are delivered.
Rachel Quarterman, who introduced the special education update, said the district’s October student count is the main number that drives funding. Quarterman noted some building-level shifts in eligibility rates: Mountain Way’s reported special education rate is down to 25.9% from 28.8% in the prior year’s state report card; Crossroads’ rate is about 33.6%; preschool eligibility is high (about 30%). Quarterman said the district is cleaning up reporting systems that…
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