Legislators drafting special education reform plans

Gloria Durkee, a special education assistant, looks over the work of fourth-grader Grady Putnam, 10, at Westshire Elementary School in West Fairlee. Photo by Charles Hatcher/Valley News
The House Education Committee is drafting a bill that moves on recommendations from two studies to fundamentally change the way the state funds special education.Funding would shift to a census-based grant from the current reimbursement system, meaning that districts would receive funding based on the total size