Vos says he’s open to boosting special education funding as part of plan to spend budget surplus

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said Assembly Democrats’ $1.3 billion proposal to spend down the state’s surplus “wasn’t serious” but he was “open to” spending more on special education. Democrats on Monday proposed to increase general school aid by $445.9 million and raise the special education reimbursement to 60%. “The challenge the Assembly Democrats have is it's been so long since many of them hav...