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Yankton board hears history and scale of district—s special-education program
Summary
Historian Jerome Clemish and former teacher Linda Balfany told the Yankton School District board that local special-education services began decades before federal law; trustees heard current program size (about 490 students), staffing (about 130 specialists) and an approximate special-education budget of $6.3 million.
Jerome Clemish, the Yankton School District historian, and longtime special-education teacher Linda Balfany recounted the district—s development of services and described the program—s current scale at the Dec. meeting.
Clemish traced local services back to the 1950s and said district efforts preceded the federal statute often credited with expanding special education nationwide. "Yankton started two or three years earlier," Clemish said, referencing the period before Public Law 94-142 required school systems to provide special-education services. He noted a first…
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