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California's Special Ed Funding and Power Shift | Sacramento News
California just poured $2.4 billion into special education — aiming to boost funding per student across all school districts — but this move comes amid a heated power struggle in the state’s Department of Education. A new law shifts control to the governor’s office, creating a governor-appointed commissioner and sidelining the elected Superintendent of Public Instruction, a role protected by the state constitution. Critics, including a State Controller candidate, call it “shameful” and a threat to democracy, arguing voters who rejected similar proposals shouldn’t be ignored. The…
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