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Special-education costs and default budget force proposed cuts including teacher and interventionist positions
Summary
District leaders told the board that special-education costs (81 of 556 students identified) and a failed warrant have produced a roughly $400,000 shortfall under a default budget; the superintendent proposed delaying capital items and cutting staff including the shared MTSS interventionist, one RMMS classroom teacher and reducing an RMMS special-education case manager to half‑time.
At the March 25 meeting the superintendent presented a special‑education cost-driver overview and outlined the implications of operating under the district’s default budget after voters did not approve the requested operating budget. Administrators reported that, using the state’s October 1 count, 81 of the district’s 556 students (about 14.6%) were identified for special education this year (RMMS: 33 of 304; CSDA: 48 of 252). The district described in-district STEP and IMPACT programs serving roughly 18 students and said out‑of‑district placements can cost $100,000–$200,000 or more…
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