California's statewide high-cost pools are among the lowest-funded in the nation, and SELPA directors report paperwork burdens outweigh their benefit¶
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q2 i? California funds its total high-cost pool at $9 per student with a disability, compared with $2,278 in New York and $37 in Pennsylvania, and SELPA directors report the benefit is outweighed by reimbursement paperwork requirements. → 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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Cross-state comparison in the executive summary reports California's high-cost pools are "among the lowest-funded pools in the nation." SELPA directors reported the benefit of the pools "is outweighed by the paperwork requirements for requesting reimbursement."
"California funds its total high-cost pool (available through its two statewide pools) at $9 per student with a disability. New York and Pennsylvania invest $2,278 and $37 per student with a disability, respectively."
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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
- California serves more than 725,000 K-12 students with disabilities and invests roughly $12 billion annually in special education, with LEA unrestricted funds covering the majority of spending
- Most educationally related mental health services were provided by LEAs even though funds for them are allocated to SELPAs
- Federal IDEA funding has provided only about 15 percent of the national average per-pupil expenditure, versus the 40 percent originally promised — related
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California's statewide high-cost pools are among the lowest-funded in the nation, and SELPA directors report paperwork burdens outweigh their benefit |
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California's statewide high-cost pools are among the lowest-funded in the nation, and SELPA directors report paperwork burdens outweigh their benefit |
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