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Ned Lamont: “The state should take more of a lead [in special education]…”

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Governor Ned Lamont on Connecticut's Stability in Uncertain Times

Published | Video Starts at 49:22

I think as I mentioned before, maybe special education, which is driving the cost of education in Bridgeport, probably Westport as well. Maybe that's something where The state should take more of a lead [in special education] rather than have 169 towns all trying to figure out how to take care of those 15 or 150 special ed kids. There's a way that we can do that as a state and take care of them a lot more effectively. That's the type of thing we're thinking about. Yeah. (49:22–49:33)

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Asserts that the state should centralize special education efforts to improve efficiency and effectiveness.

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