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DeKalb schools ask state to modernize QBE funding and boost student mental-health staffing
Summary
DeKalb County School District Superintendent emphasized a push to update the decades-old QBE funding formula and urged increased funds for counselors, school-based mental-health coordinators and CTAE workforce programs; student speakers echoed calls for faster access to care.
DeKalb County School District leaders used DeKalb Day at the Capitol to press state lawmakers for targeted changes to school funding and more sustained investment in student mental-health services.
"The QBE formula has not been updated since 1986," Superintendent Dr. Norman Sauce the Third told the assembled audience, calling the Quality Basic Education funding formula outdated for present costs such as transportation and the growing impact…
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