Vermont: State legislature tries to "get a handle on the cost of SPED"

June 10, 2018, VT Digger: Vermont prepares for sweeping changes to special ed https://vtdigger.org/2018/06/10/vermont-prepares-sweeping-changes-special-ed/ During the last two years, both Education Committees in the Legislature have toiled over the best way to get a handle on the cost of special education while improving the quality of teaching for struggling students. This session they nailed it down, passing a comprehensive bill that will do just that while saving some money. … The law, which paves the way for new classroom practices that should help struggling learners before they are identified by loosening some red tape and reducing administration, was unanimously passed by the House in March…. “Hopefully, it will allow efforts and programs in schools to address the needs of students and help students who already have an IEP [Individualized Education Plan] be more successful,” Sharpe said….