Teach Effectively!

In February of 2005 I dropped an entry into Teach Effectively about how the District of Columbia (US) was having difficulty funding transportation required by a court order to ensure that students with disabilities could get to school. The saga continues, according to Jim McElhatton, reporting for the Washington Times.

A court-appointed administrator who oversees transportation for thousands of D.C. special-education students is at odds with D.C. school officials over his latest budget proposal.

The D.C. Board of Education last month rejected a budget request by transportation administrator David Gilmore to set aside $72.8 million for special-education transit costs for fiscal 2006. Instead, the board approved a resolution to budget $61.2 million for the transit program.

Thanks to the DC Education Blog for posting about this.

Link to Mr. McElhatton’s story.