Maine: "Increasing number of students qualifying for SPED; 'Is it environmental? Genetic?'
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An increasing number of students are qualifying for special education, putting pressure on school districts and their budgets.
Maine has the second highest rate in the nation of students getting special education services. Laura Shaw of Auburn is among the many who are trying to figure out why.
“I ask myself, have we gotten better at identifying it? Is it something environmental?
Genetic? Many of the students coming to us have significant needs,” Shaw, the special education director for Auburn schools, said. . . SUBSCRIPTION
