House Budget a Bit Rosier for Watertown, Particularly in Special Ed Funds
State Rep. Jonathan Hecht sees some good signs in the budget passed by the House.
The Fiscal 2014 town budget will be tight, but the budget passed by the House of Representatives provides some hope that state funding won't be as bad as expected. Watertown will receive slightly more Chapter 70 school funding as well as some extra local aid money, but Watertown State Rep. Jonathan Hecht said the biggest improvement comes in special education dollars. "The other good thing is the Special Education Circuit Breaker is pretty strong," Hecht said. The money provided by the state goes to the highest cost special education students. The district pays the first $40,000, or so, for each student, said District Business Director Jack Loughran, and the state reimburses part of anything beyond that. The Circuit Breaker law calls …
Vinnie Dummerino
12:14 pm on Saturday, January 26, 2013
cutting spending would mean losing the votes the gov bought over the last 6 years by shorting everyone else ...the money went someplace for the last 6 years while ed and transportation got less and less; the question is where and why. Raising taxes without spending cuts is just trying to buy more votes and payback certain supporters. Not going to help as it is not going to create new job which … more ›