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Board warns potential federal funding cuts and new housing could raise special-education costs; board seeks town coordination
Summary
Board members said approximately $680,000 of mostly IDEA and Title I federal funds could be at risk under recent federal actions; the district expects rising special-education costs as Conifer housing move-ins continue and invited the town council to a joint meeting to coordinate responses.
Board members on Feb. 11 raised concerns that potential federal actions could threaten roughly $680,000 in federal funding for the Verona Public School District, primarily for special education and Title I programs. The board president said she has reached out to state and federal elected officials and the acting commissioner of education to request advocacy and short-term state backfill if federal funding is reduced.
Administrators reported a…
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