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Cathy Grace; Kathy Thornburg; Sheerah Neal Keith; Max Altman; Allison Boyle – Southern Education Foundation, 2024
Head Start programs in many of the states with higher rates of children living in poverty have received less per-child funding allocations than programs in states with lower rates of children living in poverty for years. Further, the educators who teach these children are vastly underpaid, and their pay is also inequitable among states and…
Descriptors: Low Income Students, Federal Programs, Social Services, Resource Allocation
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Harr, Jenifer J.; Parrish, Thomas – Journal of Special Education Leadership, 2005
IDEA Part B funds have more than doubled between the 1999 and 2003 fiscal years, from $4.3 billion to $8.9 billion. This is an increase from 8% to 13% of total special education spending. Increases in federal funds can theoretically support "program growth" by providing fiscal relief to states and districts facing rising special…
Descriptors: Program Development, Enrollment Trends, Special Education, Disabilities