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Demand for Special Education Classes Growing; School Districts Struggling to Keep Up With Costs

Oct 9, 2018

State and federal funding for special education is not keeping pace with local needs, and Pennsylvania school districts are struggling to make up the difference.

A report on the problem was issued today by a legal advocacy group called the Education Law Center.  According to the report, the Erie School District has had to come up with about $1 million a year, over the past eight years, to pay for the rising cost of special education.

Shane Murray, Iroquois School Superintendent, says special education costs in his district have gone up by $259,000 a year over the past five years. He says federal and state aid to help cover those costs has risen by only $24,000.

Read full article here: http://www.erienewsnow.com/story/39258648/demand-for-special-education-classes-growing-school-districts-struggling-to-keep-up-with-costs

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