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Vermont’s Special Ed Crisis | Burlington News
Vermont’s special education system is in crisis, ranked dead last by the U.S. Department of Education for failing to meet federal requirements under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act — now labeled “needs intervention” and risking up to $2.4 million in lost federal funding. The root cause? A leadership vacuum at the state’s Agency of Education, where the top special education role has been vacant since January and plagued by turnover, directly contributing to dismal student outcomes — proficiency rates in core subjects hovering near zero. Educators and advocates blame this…
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