John Jagler: “Special education funds are a drain on school districts. But…”

“What are some of your thoughts on some of these other issues like special education and mental health and things like that? Well, again, there's no question that Special education funds are a drain on school districts. But the fact of the matter is, we've increased those funding. We've increased the funding. We got up to a level that when he was superintendent of public schools, he wanted. He set a goal, we should be at this amount.” (07:21–07:30)

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