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District CFO warns special-education costs are outpacing state aid, urges deeper review
Summary
The Perris Union High School District’s chief business officer told trustees the district is contributing a growing share of general-fund dollars to special education after presenting audited figures and multi-year projections that show expenditures outstripping revenues, and recommended a detailed review of identification and placement practices.
Candace, the district’s chief business officer, told the Perris Union High School District board on Feb. 25 that special-education expenditures are outpacing the state, federal and local revenues meant to cover them and require a general-fund contribution.
"When the revenues that we receive from state, federal, and local sources do not meet the needs of the total expenditures, then we have to make a contribution into that restricted fund for special education," Candace said, explaining how…
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