NE BOCES director testifies on special education bill at Capitol

Northeast BOCES Executive Director Tamara Durbin provided testimony Feb. 16 at the State Capitol on Senate Bill 22-127 — a bill centered on special education funding. Following testimony from Durbin and others, the bill unanimously passed the Senate Education Committee and is now off to appropriations.

According to a BOCES press release, the introduced bill, which was recommended by the Legislative Interim Committee on School Finance, increases special education funding. For fiscal year 2022-23, the bill requires an appropriation of $93.2 million to the Colorado Department of Education, which is an increase of Tier A funding from $1,250 to $1,750 for each student with a disability; an annual appropriation of an additional $40 million to fund children who have one or more disabilities and receive special education services from an administrative unit; and a required increase by the rate of inflation each budget year beginning with the 2024-25 budget year.

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