Poor educational preparation of students with disabilities translates into a lifetime of high unemployment, lower wages, and greater reliance on public benefit programs. Improving educational outcomes for students with disabilities is one of seven priority issues BPDD focuses on in our 2019-21 state budget and policy platform.

Recommendations include:

• increasing funding for special education
• improving school accountability to make sure all schools report similar data and parents have an apple to apples comparison between education options

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