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Hill, Laura; Warren, Paul; Murphy, Patrick; Ugo, Iwunze; Pathak, Aditi – Public Policy Institute of California, 2016
California's system of special education served about 718,000 students in 2014-15, or about 11.5 percent of the K-12 population. It is expensive, consuming some $12 billion in federal, state, and local dollars annually. Special education operates within a legal framework that sets it apart from the rest of the K-12 system. The state's enactment of…
Descriptors: Special Education, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Funding Formulas
Rogers, Christopher M.; Thurlow, Martha L.; Lazarus, Sheryl S. – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2015
Federal law requires that all students, including students with disabilities, participate in state assessments used for accountability purposes. It also requires states to assess students in several content areas, including science. Most students with disabilities take the general science assessment with or without accommodations, but a few…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, State Standards, Science Tests, Disabilities
Idaho State Dept. of Education. Special Education Section. – 1995
A 1993-94 update on special education program activities and funding in Idaho is presented. After an overview of accomplishments in special education as a whole during 1993-94, activities supporting gifted and talented programs are identified, including a state guide for gifted education, regional planning meetings, curriculum workshops, and…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances, Expenditures
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Wehman, Paul – 1992
This report presents results from a fiscal year 1990 survey of supported employment funding and implementation in state vocational rehabilitation (VR) systems, and a 5-year longitudinal analysis of the national supported employment initiative. The report is based on a survey of representatives from the vocational service provider agencies from the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Employment Programs, Financial Support, Longitudinal Studies
Marshall, Catherine A.; Longie, Bryan J.; Miller, Janneli F.; Cerveny, Lee K.; Monongye, Dushon – 1994
This project involved a national survey of Indian Health Sevice (IHS) agencies to assess the working environment, the extent to which IHS agencies employ and provide support services for persons with disabilities, and the need for program and consumer services to enhance the employability of American Indians with disabilities. A total of 676…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indians, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities
Hayward, Becky J.; Schmidt-Davis, Holly – 2003
This report is the second in a series of four final reports that present the findings of the Longitudinal Study of the Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Services Program. Initiated in fall 1992, the study has tracked VR participation and post-VR experiences of applicants to and consumers of VR services (n=8,500) for up to 3 years following exit from…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Counselor Client Relationship, Disabilities, Employment Counselors