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Committee hears gaps in funding when students placed in residential facilities attend local schools
Summary
Lawmakers heard that districts like Winneasquam face unreimbursed regular-education costs when children placed at residential facilities (Spaulding) attend local public schools; DOE and sponsors recommended a study of funding, statutory definitions and apportionment.
Representative Greg Hill introduced House Bill 1099 to address reimbursement questions for school districts that receive students placed in residential facilities by DCYF and other agencies. Hill said the bill grew from Winnesquam School District concerns that children placed at Spaulding Academy attend local schools without a clear reimbursement process.
Elizabeth Brown of the Department of Education told the committee that case law has long allowed students placed in group homes to attend the local school…
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