The first allows districts to
reduce special education spending if they are increasing the efficiency of their special education programs and there is no impact on the provision of special education services to students.
June 23, 2015 LAUSD's Board of Education adopts its 2015 - 16 LCAP, which continues to count $ 450 million in
special education spending from 2013 - 14 as services for high - need students.
For example, he writes, «The largest portion of
special education spending goes to special education teachers, who are trained in the law, know how to identify disabilities, and are steeped in theories of learning.
He draws on long experience as a superintendent and special education consultant to offer a number of field - tested practices for taming out - of -
control special education spending while serving students better.
Education Week «s Nirvi Shah yesterday reported that, «Districts that want to
reduce special education spending from one year to the next without restoring what was cut now have the blessing of the U.S. Department of Education.»
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Special education spending in the lowest need districts is $ 43,635 per special education pupil while spending in the highest need districts is $ 25,823 per special education pupil,» wrote researchers of the study.
«With the state requiring expensive services but doing nothing to see they're going to the right people in the right way,
special education spending is also adrift.»
If districts reduce
their special education spending, ED says it's now permissible to at least consider leaving it at the new level.
That's a losing strategy, given
that special education spending has grown from 4 percent to 21 percent of total school spending between 1970 and 2005.
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Special education spending in the lowest need districts is $ 43,635 per special education pupil while spending in the highest need districts is $ 25,823 per special education pupil,» wrote researchers of the study.