CT: Lawmakers unveil plan to fix special education costs

Apr 22, 2025

NBC Connecticut

Democrats on a new Select Committee on Special Education unveiled a plan Monday meant to help local school districts keep costs down. The identical proposals come as municipalities say special education costs are driving up budgets. “We are at a crisis point,” Sen. Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox (D-Trumbull) said. “We are at a point where special education in Connecticut is not sustainable.” Gadkar-Wilcox and Rep. Maryam Khan (D-Windsor), co-chairs of the committee, said the bill was aimed at helping school districts with costly outplacements. The proposal would include financial aid to help school districts add or expand special education programming within their schools.

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