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Regional district says state "seed" special-education grant left local high school with no allocation
Summary
The superintendent told the board that a $30 million state "seed" special-education grant was distributed to local towns without a formula for regional districts, leaving Regional School District 8 with no allocation this year; the board will press state officials for a fix next year.
Superintendent (unnamed) told the Regional School District 8 Board of Education that the state’s Special Education Enhancement and Development ("seed") grant, a recurring program this year totaling roughly $30 million statewide, was distributed to towns and local districts without a clear allocation method for regional districts. He said the state issued only a memo advising regional districts to "work with their local towns" to receive funding and provided no explicit formula for distributing funds to regions.
The superintendent described how he met with a Connecticut State Department of Education staffer and computed a…
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