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Bill to 'clean up' tuition statute draws sharp opposition from OPI superintendent
Summary
Representative David Beatty framed House Bill 669 as code cleanup clarifying tuition formulas for students in treatment facilities; the Office of Public Instruction warned the change would remove a long-used funding tool and could leave schools without critical special‑education support.
Representative David Beatty told the Senate Education Committee that House Bill 669 primarily clarifies how tuition payments should be calculated when a school district provides education to students placed in psychiatric hospitals, residential treatment facilities or group homes. He described the proposal as ‘‘code cleanup’’ to use the same formula applied to other out‑of‑district placements.
Beatty said the bill also strikes a provision that has allowed the superintendent of public instruction to…
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