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IDEA Funding

Funding

• QTA - Medicaid: Parent Consent Issues
  http://www.nasdse.org/publications.cfm
• QTA - State Special Education Advisory Panel Budgets
  http://www.nasdse.org/publications.cfm
• President Announces SSA Work Site
  www.ssa.gov/work/
• Impact of the New 619 Funding Formula
  NASDSE, Project FORUM,
  1999
  www.nasdse.org
  This Quick Turn-Around Report presents an overview of the revised preschool funding formula resulting from the 1997 Amendments to the IDEA, and perceptions of some State Education Agency staff on the initial impact of those funding changes. The report can be purchased by going to the National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE).
• State Improvement Grants
  Project FORUM, 1999
  www.nasdse.org
  This Quick Turn-Around Report provides an overview of the funded State Improvement Grants (SIGs) in the following areas: goals and priorities, products or outcomes, interstate connections, strategies to meet goals and priorities, partnership strategies, types of contracts/subcontracts, and pooling of SIG resources with other sources. The report can be purchased by going to the National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE) Web site.
• Selected Papers in School Finance, 1997-99
  http://nces.ed.gov/pubs99/1999334/
  Abstract: These papers, commissioned by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), address advances in measuring inflation and adjusting for it; the emergence of a new focus upon spending at the school level; new, private sources of funding for public education; and a review of the state of the art of assessing educational productivity.

Teachers and other Professionals

• The Role of Paraprofessionals in Special Education.
  Study of Personnel Needs in Special Education
  December 2001
  ferdig.coe.ufl.edu/spense/
  Paraprofessionals play an increasingly important role in the instruction of students with disabilities. This fact sheet covers the following topics in relation to paraprofessionals:
  • Type of case load
  • Job responsibilities
  • Training
  • Supervision requirements
• Bright Futures for Exceptional Learners
  An Action Agenda to Achieve Quality Conditions for Teaching and Learning
  www.cec.sped.org/spotlight/cond/bf_report.html
  The Council for Exceptional Children
  October 2000
  The state of the special education profession and actions designed to address problems. The proposed actions include
  • Defining the roles of special and general educators relative to students with exceptionalities.
  • Creating the context for high quality practice.
  • Leveraging time with technology tools and clerical supports to reduce the paperwork burden.
  • Standardizing decision-making processes.
  • Creating a career continuum in special education.
  • Recruiting and Preparing Sufficient Qualified Diverse Special Educators to Fill the Demand.
  • Developing cohesive professional licensure systems.
  • Providing Systems Supports.
  This flow chart summarizes, in general terms, the flow of IDEA Section 619 funds from the federal appropriation to the local level. This document is available on-line in Adobe Acrobat format.
• QTA - Teacher Quality: Selected Issues of Importance
  http://www.nasdse.org/publications.cfm

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