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Melissa in the Morning: Special Education Costs
Connecticut towns are facing mounting pressure from special education costs. A new Citizens’ Assembly proposal would shift the entire $3.3 billion annual cost of special education statewide to the state, instead of leaving most of the burden on local communities. Right now, towns pay about two-thirds of that bill. We asked Fran Rabinowitz, Executive Director at the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents, about this concept.
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