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That meant the Prince Edward County public schools did not have to provide Jackson’s teaching for the Faison Center.
“In the case of this story, it seemed like you had a place that seemed to say, ‘No, no, no, we’re not going to pay for this private day school. You can have that extra year because we have to give it to you, but you will do it in our school and that was not our intention, ”said VanValkenburg.
The amendment passed on August 10th now expressly states that payments should be used to support the costs of the special needs private day school. It also allows municipalities to use their own federal funds to meet their portion of the bill, and provides an additional $ 3.5 million for the municipalities.
Special Education Attorney Todd Ratner welcomed the changes.
“It seemed to me that the VDOE would do everything in its power to interpret the budget change in such a way that these students do not get what the General Assembly quite clearly wanted,” said Ratner.
He added, “I thought the budget change was pretty clear. The VDOE had a different interpretation and it seems to me that in response to the VDOE’s interpretation, the General Assembly acted again to say: ‘No, we mean what we said the first time’.
Bell, who originally proposed the move, said he had also taken calls from caregivers like Smith who tried unsuccessfully to get their adult students back to their private day centers to continue their services. He said he hoped this language change would work.
