One of the issues that I have seen, and I'm working at the federal level, is the funding for special education. You know, Federal government is supposed to be paying for 40% of the special education cost. Currently that is only at 15%. So what happens is, and I've spoken with many superintendents, school board, school boards, and what I've seen happening is that funding for special education comes now from the general funding. (31:58–32:09)
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Asserts that the federal government is only paying 15% of special education costs instead of the mandated 40%.
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