We’re tracking the progress of the next state budget bill through the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee, including recent moves to maintain the gap between how Republicans support special education in voucher schools vs. public schools. We’ll talk to a school district finance director about the strain that gap puts on all property taxpayers in the state.

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