Education department considers lifting special education age limit

Education department considers lifting special education age limit

State leaders are considering increasing the age limit for special education services, after court orders in neighboring states made students eligible for services up to age 22.  Idaho funds special education students in public schools through the semester they turn 21. But an order last year from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit — the federal appeals court that covers Idaho — required Washington to fund special education services…