School leaders push back on $250M in special education cuts

Special education and school leaders say Minnesota shouldn’t cut $250 million in special education funding, a cut that’s scheduled to kick in automatically next year.

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If lawmakers won’t, or can’t, repeal the cut, a special Blue Ribbon Task Force has found places to trim budgets members say will do the least harm to students.

“These aren’t just dollars; these are children. These are our children, and that’s what I really hope that legislators will keep in mi...