Q&A
Uncertainty about the cost impact of the June 1st deadline enforcement
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Council Member Rita Joseph presses for specific cost figures related to the June 1st deadline enforcement, while Liz Vladeck expresses uncertainty about the exact financial impact. The discussion reveals the complexity of predicting costs in this unstable environment.
- Vladeck indicates that the June 1st deadline is not expected to save money
- The cost depends on the number of cases filed each year and the cost of services
- The DOE has been working closely with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
- Vladeck highlights the dramatic increase in due process cases and associated costs over the past decade
Rita Joseph
0:50:41
So you don't you don't have a number as of yet that how much this gonna cost?
0:50:45
Because I'm sure it's gonna cost us.
Liz Vladeck
0:50:47
Well, the the problem is it depends so much on the number of cases filed each year or the number of of families seeking services each year and the cost of those services.
Rita Joseph
0:50:58
Has any new needs been, sent to OMB?
Liz Vladeck
0:51:02
We've been working closely with OMB for over a year.
0:51:05
We've kept them very read into this process.
0:51:08
They understand you know, they've supported us in needing to hire some the itinerant teachers that DC Fotie and I have both referred to.
0:51:17
And more broadly, chairperson, when we think about the budgeting for due process cases, right, we're, like, training ourselves not to say Carter anymore.
0:51:29
When we think about the budgeting for due process cases, this has been an incredibly unstable environment.
0:51:36
Right?
0:51:37
When you go from 6000 to 26,000 in 10 years, when you go from we haven't talked dollars yet, but 10 years ago, the 1,350,000,000 number, that was a $187,000,000 Right?
0:51:50
The number of Carter cases, students for whom we pay tuition, is not going up at a dramatic rate, but the per student cost is.