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SELPA director warns of rising special-education needs and federal funding gap
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Scott Turner, director of the East San Gabriel Valley SELPA, told the Azusa Unified board Dec. 16 that statewide special-education enrollment has risen while overall K'12 enrollment declines, leaving districts to cover more costs; Turner urged continued advocacy for increased federal IDEA funding.
At the Dec. 16 Azusa Unified School District Board meeting, Scott Turner, director of the East San Gabriel Valley Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA), told trustees that districts are serving more students with disabilities even as total K'12 enrollment declines.
Turner cited state data showing K'12 enrollment slipped from about 6.2 million in 2014'015 to about 5.8 million in recent years, while the number of students identified for special education grew from roughly 647,000 to about 814,000. "We're now serving almost 900,000 students with disabilities in California," Turner said,…
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