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Subcommittee sends catastrophic special-education funding bill to interim study, 3-2
Summary
A subcommittee voted 3-2 to place HB742, which would require catastrophic special-education aid to be drawn from the Education Trust Fund, into interim study. Members cited an ongoing commission study on special-education costs and significant data gaps as reasons to defer final action while others urged faster relief for districts.
A House education subcommittee voted 3-2 to send HB742 to interim study rather than recommending it be advanced or killed. The bill would require that catastrophic special-education state aid be drawn from the Education Trust Fund, a change proponents said would protect that funding from competition with other general-fund priorities.
Representative Peoples moved to interim study HB742, and…
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