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Originally Posted by BonzoHansen
You are missing the point. Christie isn't doing anything but cutting $$. He can't. It is up to the local BOE. Get on their case. I think that is part of this - to force the discussion. I suspect you'll see some school funding returned - this budget is not passed yet. But now people are thinking and talking. IMO that is where Steve's excessive union dues should go to - fix the system, not try to maintain status quo.
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I'm with you there
, and I agree with having the state pick up the tab for the special needs kids that can't be accommodated in their own district. We've had quite a few over the years that needed to go out-of-district, and by the time you figure in their transportation costs plus the tuition fee it was an easy $50-75K per-student cost. That's BIG money if you have more than one or two special-needs cases to cover. Don't forget, if the kid is in your district from the beginning, you're paying that $75K on out-of-district costs every year for 12 years, which comes out to $900K by the time that kid graduates.