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With just weeks or even days left in the school year, Gov. Phil Murphy on Wednesday signed legislation that will offer an extra year of special education and related services to students who are turning 21, and traditionally aging out of the system, either this year or in the next two academic years through the spring of 2023.The measure, primarily sponsored by state Sen. Dawn Addiego, D-NJ, 8th, had stalled on Murphy s desk for close to two weeks over funding considerations.
But Murphy said during his COVID-19 briefing on Wednesday that federal American Rescue Plan funds would be used to cover the extension, a cost that could approach $600 million.
Advocates and families lobbied hard for the extension, which the state Assembly and Senate approved unanimously this spring. But supporters said earlier this month that the measure was being held up by a dispute inside the Murphy administration over how to spend federal coronavirus aid. The governor s office would not discuss the delay.
Advocates said time was running out, with schools planning graduation ceremonies and crafting individual education plans, or IEPs, that would guide instruction for students with disabilities next year.
One group, the Education Law Center, held teleconferences as recently as Wednesday morning advising parents of disabled students to reject diplomas and take legal action if the bill wasn’t signed.
NJ schools for students with disabilities expanded following COVID
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