>The Board of Education (BOE) has announced the acceptance of a $2.1 million in grant from the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The money will be used toward special education tuition, special programs and new technology purchases..
The grants enable the district to reallocate $580,000 from special education tuition costs in the 2010 budget toward the purchase of items such as three new buses, software and other supplies.
The Ridgewood School district currently has 815 special needs students.
the Ridgewood blog Staff
