Montana lawmakers look into schools’ special education funds

Some parents of children with disabilities have complained for years that Montana public schools aren’t doing enough to educate their kids. So have parents of gifted students.

Meanwhile, some school officials complain of struggling as the costs of educating students with special needs competes with the costs of educating general students.

Now an interim committee of the Legislature has started looking into how the state pays to educate kids with special needs and whether it could be done better. The eight-member Education Interim Committee held its first meeting this week in Helena.

By Gail Schontzler Chronicle Staff Writer

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