By J. Graber | Daily Independent (abridged)
Scottsdale Unified School District could soon be teaching other districts’ high need students.
The governing board unanimously approved during its Sept. 8 meeting a tuition plan that would allow the district to take students requiring Level D services from other districts.
After Pima Elementary school was shut down for the start of this school year as a cost saving measure, the district put all of its students requiring Level D services in the building.
Level D services are for students with significant behavioral, emotional and development support needs who struggle with traditional settings.
“Part of the overall repurposing of Pima is to, in the future, have the option of adding students from other school districts on a tuition based rate,” said the district’s Assistant Superintendent of Education Services Lea Mitchell.
The district currently serves about 20 students requiring Level D services in the building, but that number may soon climb in the future.
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