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Special‑education leaders urge statutory protections so new foundation funding does not supplant local effort
Summary
Erin McGuire of the Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators told the committee that any foundation or census model for special education must preserve federal IDEA maintenance‑of‑effort (MOE) requirements and include an inflator, or districts risk losing federal funds or being forced to move local dollars away from students.
A representative of Vermont's special‑education administrators told the Ways & Means Committee that lawmakers must protect maintenance‑of‑effort (MOE) commitments when reshaping education funding.
Erin McGuire, director of equity and inclusion and co‑director of student support services for the Essex Westford School District, explained that federal law (IDEA) requires districts to maintain local…
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