Huffman presses Congress for special education funding

A new bill to approve full federal funding for special education advanced by Marin Rep. Jared Huffman would help children in the county with special needs and free up school districts’ budgets for other programs, the county’s top education official said this week.

“The historic underfunding of the IDEA has a major impact on local educational agency budgets,” said John Carroll, Marin superintendent of schools, referring to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, first passed by Congress in 1975.

“This in turn impacts the ability to provide educational programming and services to all students,” Carroll stated.

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By:  Keri Brenner
Source: Marin Independent Journal

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