Funding Special Education

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This paper reviews literature on how school districts are trying to finance their special education programs and facilities. It examines how the literature indicates that, in general, districts obtaining monies from diverse funding sources, attempt to use diverse funding formulas and have become more creative and more energetic in attempting to raise local/community level funds. It also looks at how they re-organize and improve current fund management and engage in socio-political and advocacy activities. It also discusses how more money does not necessarily guarantee improved ability to teach students and improved student learning and uses a value-added student achievement model to determine this.

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"One way in which the country's school districts are funding special education programs and facilities is that they are using a variety of funding sources. According to the Center for Special Education Finance (CSEF, 1999), most school districts obtain funds for special education from state, local and federal sources. In this regard, the CSEF reports that, on average, about 56 percent of special education funding comes from state moneys. An additional 36 percent of funding comes from local sources while the remaining 8 percent comes from the federal government."

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