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Board reviews new special-education and discipline rules, outplacement reimbursement and reporting requirements
Summary
The board discussed a new special-education policy, statutory changes to suspension/expulsion procedures, rules on expunging records, the state's excess-cost reimbursement approach for outplacements, a required annual report listing contracted community providers and attrition data, and expansion of transition services to age 22.
Board members reviewed several state-driven policy changes affecting special education, student discipline and transition services and discussed financial and reporting implications for the district.
Staff said the special-education policy is largely new and reflects recent legislative changes, including updated rules about outplacements and excess-cost reimbursement. Using a hypothetical example, staff described how districts submit the aggregate amount that exceeds three-and-a-half times a district’s per-pupil expenditure to the state as a claim and then the legislature allocates a portion of the total statewide pool. "In law, we…
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