Opinion: Court Ruling Should Encourage Government to Adequately Fund Special Needs Schooling

News of last week's Supreme Court ruling in favor of an Oregon special needs student whose parents sought reimbursement for the cost of private schooling was quickly knocked off the front page by higher profile end-of-term decisions. But school districts here and throughout the nation will be studying this 6-3 ruling for months to come, trying to determine just how far they're going to have to stretch already tight budgets.

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