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Chino Valley Unified staff report flags rising special-education costs; board asks for more performance data
Summary
Assistant Superintendent Luke Hackney told the board special-education spending has risen sharply and the district is budgeting about $43 million from the general fund this year; board members asked staff to extract more granular IEP performance data and to clarify a drop in restricted carryover funds.
Assistant Superintendent Luke Hackney told the Chino Valley Unified School District board on March 9 that special-education revenues and expenditures have grown year over year and that the district is increasingly relying on its general fund to balance special-education costs.
"This year it is budgeted to contribute currently around $43,000,000 from the general fund," Hackney said during a staff report on special-education revenues and expenses. He outlined revenue sources — state, federal and SELPA allocations and reimbursements — and said the district has been spending prior carryover funds; that carryover has largely been exhausted, producing a substantial decline in…
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