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Vineyard Schools' Proposed Budget Jumps 21.6 Percent: Special Education Called Chief Factor in Increased Costs
Rising special-education costs, with reductions in federal funding for special education, are chiefly responsible for a nearly $1,000,000 increase in next year's draft budget for the Vineyard's public schools, Island newspapers report.
The Martha's Vineyard public school system's draft budget for fiscal year 2015 is close to a million dollars more than in the previous fiscal year, according to recent articles in the Martha's Vineyard Times and Vineyard Gazette.
The 21.6 percent increase, the newspapers report, is largely due to what could be called a perfect storm of demand on funds related to special education:
- Growing numbers of Island students are eligible for special education services;
- costs for these services are rising;
- federal funding for special education has been reduced.
- School superintendent presents $5.4 million draft budget (Martha's Vineyard Times)
- Record School Budget Increase Tied to Special Education Needs (Vineyard Gazette)
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