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Gov. Gavin Newsom is ratcheting up spending on California’s public schools as the number of students with extraordinary needs skyrockets. Newsom signed away $2.4 billion for special education, part of Newsom’s recently signed California budget, is a stunning 43% increase over last year and is intended to help pay for literacy aides, behavioral health assistance and other specialized services for pupils with disabilities, advocates said at a Thursday press conference in Davis. “I think we did fine with some earlier investments, but there was this gnawing understanding that we were, you know, failing more efficiently,” Newsom said at the press…

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