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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Funding Special Education by Total District Enrollment: Advantages, Disadvantages, and Policy Considerations
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Dhuey, Elizabeth; Lipscomb, Stephen – Education Finance and Policy, 2013
Several states and the federal government distribute aid for special education programs based primarily on total district enrollment and a fixed aid amount per student, a method called "census funding." In this policy brief, we address three questions to help policy makers, educators, and researchers better understand census-funding…
Descriptors: Special Education, Educational Finance, Educational Policy, Enrollment
Funding Special Education by Capitation: Evidence from State Finance Reforms
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Dhuey, Elizabeth; Lipscomb, Stephen – Education Finance and Policy, 2011
This study examines responses to state capitation policies for special education finance between 1991-92 and 2003-4. Capitation refers to distributing funds based on the entire student enrollment. We find that disability rates tended to fall following capitation reforms, primarily in subjectively diagnosed categories and in early and late grades.…
Descriptors: Evidence, Educational Finance, Enrollment, Special Education