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*For Immediate Release:    *     
March 8, 2023
          
*Contact:    *     
Cassie Nichols
[email protected]

ICYMI: Special Ed Funding Affects Hundreds in Harvey County

*KEY QUOTE: *"“The point of special education is to give that child the services and mental health service they might need in order to participate in a regular classroom. The burden that puts on a classroom teacher, the amount of education that takes away from the other kids in the classroom is not fair. The only way to deal with that is to fund [special education],” *Gov. Kelly said.*"

*Special ed funding affects hundreds in Harvey County  [ [link removed] ]
"The Newton Kansan"
*February 25, 2023


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“There are two things I would like to see done. Here in Kansas I would like to see the special education proposal that I put in my budget this year passed,” *Gov. Kelly told The Kansan.* “It would basically start us on the path to fulfilling our commitment to special education that is in statute, that we are to fund 92 percent of special education.”


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“Obviously, if [the federal government] were providing their 40 percent, our 92 percent would be a lot less,” *Gov. Kelly said.* “I have brought this up on the federal level, at [a recent] governor’s association meeting and with the administration. We are heading down that path as we are heading down the path of fulfilling our own obligation.”


* Locally, the stakes are high. The Newton, Halstead and Hesston school districts in Harvey County have united in a cooperative effort to provide special services for children age birth to 21 years, an effort called the Harvey County Special Education Cooperative.

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