HCPSS MPIA Request #2025-001

Requestor
Barb Krupiarz
Requested Information
All costs for special education need to be tracked for the budget. I am requesting the total amount spent in FY 2022 and 2023 under special education for parent attorney reimbursement, expert witness fees, other settlement costs from due process, mediation, state complaints, or any informal compliance determinations.
Date Received
Status
Complete
Response Notes

Responsive to this request, the FY2023 costs related to the above request total $1,155,746.55.
For FY2022, additional time would be needed to derive the total from individual records/invoices/etc. as it was not tracked similar to FY2023. For reference, special education costs requested are found in Budget Program 3328 Compliance and Nonpublic Services (see page 445), however are not the only costs in this program: https://www.hcpss.org/f/aboutus/budget/fy25/fy25-board-approved-operating-budget.pdf.

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