On the face of it, the bill would save money and coordinate a wide range of shared services - from accounting services to evaluation services, tospecial educationplacements. But a more critical review of the bill reveals many,...
San Diego Unified and ItsSpecial Education FundingCrisis. January 23, 2012. Full Disclosure: I started my teaching career with San Diego Unified Schools before moving to another district this year. When I read stories like this I sometimes...
Special education fundingcan account for up to 20 percent of school budgets, according to a 2010 report by the Economic Policy Institute. Overall funding for special education has remained mostly intact during the recession,...
Also problematic: A cap on statespecial-education fundingcould mean more red ink for districts, which are barred by law from cutting services. Finally, the ranking DFLer on the Education Finance Committee, Rep.
This means local authorities can retain their centralfundingfor SEN services no matter how many academies they have in their area. This decision has come about following theSpecial EducationalConsortium's work on the...