Transitional Services Legislation *4 comments
On Thursday, the Senate passed legislation that should improve transition for students with special needs.
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Will Brownsberger — State Senator, Democrat, 2d Suffolk and Middlesex District |
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One special thing about special education is that it is extremely expensive. State auditor Suzanne Bump has released  scathing critiques of three special education collaboratives in Massachusetts, detailing misuse of millions of dollars of funds. I first heard the story reported on WBUR. Now I fear that more shoes may drop. My question to Will: [...] The final budget comes in at the high side of expectations as to local aid. Local Aid in the HWM Budget *1 comment The House Ways and Means Committee released its budget draft today. It matches the Governor’s local aid numbers. I sent my annual priorities statement to the House Ways and Means Committee today. Special Education Costs and the Circuit Breaker *4 commentsThe special education circuit breaker is a possible source of additional funds for local school budgets in Fiscal 2012 budget cycle. Belmont School budget SPED vs. Chap 70 funds *2 commentsWill, Seeing the budget situation is fluid I had a few questions related to Belmont and State funds. The Belmont Schools have budgeted approximately $1.1m for increases in the SPED budget. About $530,000 of that is lost stimulus funding and the balance is a projected 11% increase in y/y SPED costs based on historical data [...] |