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HI HCR79
Concurrent Resolution
Status
Introduced
3/5/2014
Primary Sponsor
Joseph Souki
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AI Summary
- Request to the Board of Education and Department of Education to reinstate weighted funding methodology for special education programs and teachers as of 2014
- Department of Education changed special education teacher staffing from weighted to proportional formula in 2010, based on percentage of each school district's enrollment relative to statewide special education enrollment
- Reduced funding resulted in loss of special education teacher and educational assistant positions, elimination of $1,690 per special education teacher allocation for instructional materials and equipment, and decreased quality of special education services
- Funding reduction led to increased teacher transfers out of special education positions, placement of unlicensed and newly hired teachers in special education roles, and unacceptable teaching conditions
- Certified copies to be transmitted to the Chairperson of the Board of Education and the Superintendent of Education
Legislative Description
Special Education
Last Action
Referred to EDN, FIN, referral sheet 30
3/10/2014
Committee Referrals
Education3/10/2014
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