Op-Ed: Special Education Funding, The Problem of Not Getting It

Op-Ed: Special Education Funding, The Problem of Not Getting It

By ANDRU VOLINSKY  I testified before the NH House last week on a bill to change how we fund special education expenses and caused a bit of controversy. Go figure! The bill flips the script on how NH funds special ed costs from the state contributing ten percent of the costs to the state contributing eighty percent of the costs. The bill also provides for timely payment by the state, to the extent possible, in the same year as the cost is incurr…