D.C. diverts special-ed savings away from schools

Mayor Vincent Gray’s office is diverting millions of dollars that the District has saved in special-education costs away from the city’s public schools and into projects like the One City Summit, the Lincoln Theatre and the Southwest Waterfront, District officials told The Washington Examiner.

The District is required to pay private-school tuition for special-needs students whose services can’t be met by the public schools’ special-education program, a historically troubled program that is under federal court supervision.