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Spec. Ed. Control at Issue

By John Gehring — July 26, 2005 1 min read
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Maryland officials asked a federal judge overseeing a case in Baltimore to place the special education system in receivership or give state officials more control over management decisions on July 18. Baltimore school officials argue that they have restructured the special education staff and bought more buses for transporting special-needs students.

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