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Public asks why per-pupil special-education costs fell about $2,000; district says figures are estimated and services unchanged
Summary
A public commenter presented per-pupil figures showing year-over-year reductions across grade and special-ed categories; administration said the agenda figures are estimated DOE tuition rates, credited in-district programming with lowering out-of-district tuition costs, and said no services have been cut.
A member of the public challenged the Edison Township Board of Education on apparent year-over-year drops in per-pupil costs across multiple grades and special-education categories, asking whether those reductions would harm services.
"If you look at the average of the whole subgroup, it's about $2,000 for each child. Times that by 17,000 kids in our district, we just cut $34 million that was directly related going to students," said Brian Rivera during the public-comment period as he read…
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