TRENTON – Legislation sponsored by Senators John H. Adler and Shirley K. Turner to establish the Special Education Review Commission to study special education best practices from around the state was approved by the Senate Education Committee today.
“Programs dedicated to meeting the special needs of children with learning and physical disabilities are becoming a larger and larger part of most New Jersey school districts,” said Senator Adler, D-Camden. “New Jersey has 611 school districts and 611 different ways of addressing special education. The Special Education Review Commission will study the different ways our school districts handle special education and provide recommendations on how we can provide more effective, less costly programs at both the state and local level.”