Here’s a snippet from a story in the Navasota Examiner & Grimes County Review (TX, US). Under the headline, “Area agencies receive over $8 million in grants,” these are the first two paragraphs (the remainder is a list of other funded activities):
Navasota ISD and Brazos, Montgomery and Waller counties will be receiveing funds from the state following Gov. Rick Perry’s announcement of the release of more than $8 million to Texas counties for more crime-fighting, drug treatment courts and juvenile justice programs.
Awarded under the State Criminal Justice Planning Fund and distributed by the Governor’s Criminal Justice Division was $37,125 to Navasota ISD for a special teacher and teacher’s aide to assist students with emotional disturbance, ADHD or other special needs with education planning as well as provide life-skills training classes, counseling services and tutoring services.
It’s great that there will be another teacher and an aide, but does anyone wonder why those positions didn’t already exist? I do. I was under the impression that if there were students identified as needing special education, the local education agency was required to provide the needed services? This story leaves me with the impression that the funding of services is based on grants from the state education association. There must be more to it….
Link to the story.
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