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House committee advances interim study on special education in Montana
Summary
The House Education Committee voted unanimously to advance House Joint Resolution 51, asking an interim study of special education to review funding, regulations and staffing statewide and to coordinate with OPI and the Board of Public Education ahead of the decennial study.
Representative Melissa Romano, R., representing House District 80, opened House Joint Resolution 51 on the need for an interim study of special education in Montana, saying the motion is not intended to create new mandates or add spending but to inform future policy.
Proponents included Jessica Reynolds, a speech-language pathologist with Helena Schools and a representative of the Montana Speech Language Hearing Association, who testified that special-education cases and regulatory complexity have…
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