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Janesville officials detail $12 million special-education transfers, rising insurance costs and calendar constraints
Summary
Superintendent Mark Holzman said Janesville moves $12,000,000 annually from operating funds into special education; leaders also described double-digit health-insurance increases and said the Sept. 1 start-date rule limits calendar flexibility for interventions.
District leaders told visiting legislators that ongoing special-education obligations and rising benefit costs are squeezing general operations.
"We transferred this year $12,000,000 from Fund 10, which is our operating, to our special education fund," Superintendent Mark Holzman said, describing an annual internal transfer Janesville makes to fully fund special-education services. Holzman and…
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