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Legislative liaison urges Danbury board to press state for higher special-education and ECS funding
Summary
At a Danbury School District board meeting, the district’s legislative liaison outlined shortfalls in special-education reimbursements, called for updating the ECS foundation amount (now $11,525, set in 2013), and urged sustained local advocacy with state legislators. She also summarized takeaways from a statewide student conference.
Miss Kaneta, the district’s legislative liaison, told the Danbury School District board that state conversations have centered on expanding the pool of money for excess-cost special-education reimbursements and on updating the Education Cost Sharing (ECS) foundation amount.
"If you spend 4 and a half times the cost of educating your average student, every dollar that you spend above that amount, the state has a special fund set up to reimburse for those costs," Miss Kaneta said, explaining the excess-cost reimbursement mechanism. She said districts typically receive "around 65 to 70%…
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