California's shift to attendance-based AB 602 funding stabilized disability identification rates for about a decade, but rates have climbed steeply since 2010, so the policy's long-term intended outcomes were not produced¶
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q2 i? After the 1998 shift from J-50 to AB 602, California's statewide disability identification rate stabilized for about a decade, but identification rates have climbed steeply since 2010, meaning the intended long-term stabilization and cost containment did not hold. → Jason Willis 2020
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Jason Willis 2020¶
Jason Willis, Sara Menlove Doutre, Kelsey Krausen, Tyson Barrett, Tye Ripma, and Ruthie Caparas. (2020). Study of California's Special Education Funding System: Phase I Report — A Descriptive Analysis of Special Education Funding in California. WestEd. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED616102
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Historical analysis in Section 2/executive summary (Figure E-6, using Kwak 2010 and DataQuest 2002/03–2018/19 data) reports that the attendance-based funding model was adopted "to reduce complexity and eliminate any incentives in the funding formula to overidentify students with disabilities."
"Following the 1998 shift to AB 602, California's statewide disability identification rate stabilized for about a decade. However, since 2010, identification rates have again climbed steeply."
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Related Claims¶
- California's special education allocation is not purely census-based: legacy J-50 cost-based rates produce per-student funding ranging from $557 to more than $900 across SELPAs — related
- Special education identification is disproportionate for English learner and socioeconomically disadvantaged students in California — related
- Students in foster care were increasingly identified with disabilities, reaching nearly one in three by 2022–23 and far exceeding other high-need groups — related
- Census funding is viewed as a cost-containment approach for special education finance — related
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California's shift to attendance-based AB 602 funding stabilized disability identification rates for about a decade, but rates have climbed steeply since 2010, so the policy's long-term intended outcomes were not produced |
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California's shift to attendance-based AB 602 funding stabilized disability identification rates for about a decade, but rates have climbed steeply since 2010, so the policy's long-term intended outcomes were not prod... |
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