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JANUARY 2014  

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IDEA Money Watch, a project of The Advocacy Institute, tracks federal funding for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part B. These funds are distributed to states and local school districts to help offset the extra cost of providing special education and related services.  

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SPECIAL REPORT: Maintenance of Effort Reductions, Determinations and Use of Part B Funds for Coordinated Early Intervening Services  
 
Information on the reductions to maintenance of effort (MOE), determinations of IDEA compliance and use of IDEA Part B funds for Coordinated Early Intervening Services* for the 2011-2012 school year for every local educational agency (LEA)  (aka school districts) was released to the public in February 2015.

Using these data, IDEA Money Watch has compiled three separate reports that recap LEA activities in these categories:

> MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT (MOE) REDUCTIONS

> MANDATORY PROVISION OF COORDINATED EARLY INTERVENING SERVICES (CEIS)

> VOLUNTARY USE OF PART B FUNDS TO PROVIDE COORDINATED EARLY INTERVENING SERVICES (CEIS)

 Read our Special Report.  

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President's 2016 Budget Request 


On February 2, 2015 President Obama released his Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Request.

The Budget includes $11,672.8 million for IDEA Part B Grants to States. This represents an increase of $175 million over fiscal year 2015 and would provide a per-child average of $1,768 for an estimated 6.6 million children with disabilities, which would maintain the Federal contribution of about 16 percent of the national average per pupil expenditure (APPE).

Congress promised to pay 40% of the excess of cost special education (or 40% of the APPE) - often referred to as "full funding" - when it enacted the IDEA. Find out how much this shortfall of federal funding costs your state in this cool report from the National Education Association, Federal Funding Gap Under IDEA (PDF).

Meanwhile, everything you ever wanted to know about federal spending on special education can be found in the U.S. Dept. of Education's Congressional justification (PDF).

ED Secretary Arne Duncan appeared before the House Appropriations Committee on March 4, 2015 to discuss the administration's request for education. View the archive of this hearing. Duncan will testify before the Senate Appropriations Committee next month.

Increases provided in the President's Budget stand little chance of becoming a reality since sequestration remains in effect until Congress acts. 

Stay tuned! 
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