Senate passes requirement for private schools to enroll special ed students

Gloria Durkee, a special education assistant, looks over the work of fourth-grader Grady Putnam, 10, at Westshire Elementary School in West Fairlee. File photo by Charles Hatcher/Valley News
Legislation approved by the Senate last week would require private schools that accept public tuition dollars to admit special education students and share additional information to show their financial viability.
“It is a civil rights issue,” Sen. Philip Baruth, D/P-Chittenden and chair of the S