How the governor’s budget proposal addresses rising numbers of students in special education | News

Student enrollment has been declining in the McFarland Unified School District, so Superintendent Aaron Resendez was surprised to start this school year with an uptick in students who require special education services.

The 3,282-student district in rural Kern County needed to act quickly to meet the needs of these students. Resendez said the district scrambled to find two teachers, paraprofessionals and accessible classrooms for students with moderate to severe needs.

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