From Deseret News archives:
Group to assign funds to aid special-needs kids
Its 11 members include parents of children with autism, a parent advocate for children with disabilities, state education officials, lawmakers and a professor.
The task force comes as part of Gov. Olene Walker's plan for HB115, "Carson Smith Special Needs Scholarships." The bill would have given up to about $5,400 in private school vouchers for parents of students with disabilities.
Walker vetoed the bill, which she said raised constitutional concerns over having the State Board of Education oversee a private school program. But she left the $1.4 million the bill gave to the program in a budget bill. She hopes to give that money to the board to give grants or contracts to private schools teaching students with disabilities.
Walker's plan still must be approved by the Legislature, likely in a special session.
Several legislators are calling for a veto override.
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