Palin’s record on special needs is pretty scary. She cut the budget for special needs children in Alaska by 62%. What will she do when she’s in the White House?
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I accidentally deleted a comment that I should post here in the interest of fairness:
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Thanks to the person who sent that.
Palin did NOT cut special needs by 62%. This is a distortion of budget figures.
The truth (from Education Week [edweek,org]:
A second part of the measure raises spending for students with special needs [the intensive needs group] to $73,840 in fiscal 2011, from the current $26,900 per student in fiscal 2008, according to the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development.
Unlike many other states, Alaska has relatively flush budget coffers, thanks to a rise in oil and gas revenues. Funding for schools will remain fairly level next year, however. Overall per-pupil funding across the state will rise by $100, to $5,480, in fiscal 2009. …
Carl Rose, the executive director of the Association of Alaska School Boards, praised the changes in funding for rural schools and students with special needs as a “historic event,” and said the finance overhaul would bring more stability to district budgets.”
Going from 26K to 73K per student per year is not a cut.