But Medicaid cuts would require school districts to raise local taxes to pay for the disability-related services they must provide, said Erin Gabriel with the Pennsylvania Health Access Network.
“So if Medicaid were to go away or those kids were to lose coverage, there would be less dollars coming in from Medicaid, but the school would still have to pay for those services,” Gabriel said.
“[Districts] will just have to make up that funding somewhere, and that’ll come at the expense of programs like music, libraries, teachers, special ed teachers,” she continued.
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