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Board hears sharp rise in special-education costs; officials plan to expand in-district supports
Summary
District reported a jump in early-childhood IEPs and said last year's 26 out-of-district placements cost nearly $2 million; officials proposed expanding in-district autism/behavior programming and noted high-need reimbursement covers roughly half of placement tuition.
The Excelsior Springs School Board received a detailed special-education briefing that highlighted rising early-childhood counts, costly out-of-district placements and plans to build internal capacity.
The district’s special-education lead said the December 1 child count showed about 380 students with active IEPs (about 13.75 percent of the district), and early-childhood special-education cases rose from 21 to 33 in one year. She said the…
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