Nashville district to cut more than 100 special-education paraprofessional jobs

May 24, 2012
Positions were paid for with federal stimulus money

From The Nashville Tennessean: The Nashville school system expects to cut more than 100 special education paraprofessional jobs that were paid for with 2009 federal stimulus funds, but they officials contend the reduction won’t come at a cost to students. The district employs 632 paraprofessionals that work with students with disabilities.

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