Budget Amendment ID: FY2022-S3-238

EDU 238

Municipal Reimbursement for Compensatory Special Education Services for Older Students During the Pandemic

Messrs. Barrett and Eldridge, Ms. Gobi, Messrs. Moore and Timilty, Ms. Moran, Messrs. O'Connor, Gomez and Keenan moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 7061-0012, by inserting the following:- “provided further, that notwithstanding section 5A, of chapter 71B, 12A of chapter 71B, section 12C of chapter 71B, or any other general or special law to the contrary, not less than $15,000,000 shall be expended to reimburse districts for the costs associated with providing continuing or compensatory special education services for students who attain the age of 22 or who otherwise become ineligible for special education services in the period between the governor’s declaration of a state of emergency due to COVID-19 on March 10, 2020 and three months after the date that the governor gives notice that the state of emergency has ended, provided further that municipalities may be reimbursed for the eligible costs associated with providing compensatory special education services for said students for a period of time up to two years following the notice that the state of emergency has ended; provided further, in providing continuing or compensatory special education services to students who attain the age of 22 or who otherwise become ineligible for special education services during this time period, districts shall, to the greatest extent feasible, utilize federal funding, including but not limited to Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funding"; and in said item by striking out the figures “372,883,860” and inserting in place thereof the figures “387,883,860”.