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Legislation to affect schools' special education services
The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation Wednesday that would prevent cuts to Medicaid services, including money for schools to transport special education students to private institutions.
The legislation will save Pennsylvania $275 million in Medicaid benefits, said Mark Carpenter, a spokesman for Rep. Tim Murphy.
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Those cuts would force schools to reduce services for special education students, he said.
This legislation, which Murphy helped steer to final passage, prevents the regulations from going into effect for a year, Carpenter said. Hopefully, new regulations will be drawn up in the meantime, he said.
Four area school districts, Avella, Burgettstown, Charleroi and Washington, joined the Coalition to Preserve the Medicaid Safety Net to support the legislation, Carpenter said.
Similar legislation hasn't passed in the Senate.


