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Special-education director says district faces roughly $5 million shortfall; most funds go to staffing
Summary
Special-education director presented staffing-heavy cost structure and a roughly $5 million budget gap, noting 92% of special-ed spending goes to staff and some individual student services and out-of-district placements can exceed $100,000.
Zach, the district's special-education lead, told the board the district's special-education program is underfunded relative to student needs and shared a breakdown of revenue and costs.
He said the district receives about $31,200,000 in state special-education funding (from two state allocations) plus roughly $2,800,000 in federal grants, and that those revenues…
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