What Are We Spending on Procedural Safeguards in Special Education, 1999-2000? [electronic resource] : Special Education Expenditure Project (SEEP) / Jay G. Chambers, Jenifer J. Harr and Amynah Dhanani.
This report explores the fiscal implications of providing procedural safeguards in special education and is part of the Special Education Expenditure Project (SEEP), a national study utilizing 23 different surveys to collect data at the state, district, and school levels for the 1999-2000 school yea...
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | This report explores the fiscal implications of providing procedural safeguards in special education and is part of the Special Education Expenditure Project (SEEP), a national study utilizing 23 different surveys to collect data at the state, district, and school levels for the 1999-2000 school year. Highlighted findings address: (1) total expenditures on special education mediation, due process, and litigation; (2) percent of total special education expenditures; (3) per pupil spending; (4) per case spending; (5) number of mediation, due process, and litigation cases; (6) districts with procedural safeguard activity; (7) resolution of due process cases; and (8) perceptions of the cost-effectiveness of mediation versus due process. Among findings are the following: during the 1999-2000 school year, school districts spent at least 0.3% of total special education expenditures or $24 per special education pupil on due process, mediation, and litigation; due process hearings comprise the majority of procedural safeguard activities and 98% of such hearings are resolved; about half of litigation cases are resolved, usually in the school district's favor; procedural safeguard activity is concentrated in 38% of the nation's school districts, especially in urban and/or high income districts. Appendices provide methodological and statistical detail and the questionnaire. (Contains 10 references.) (DB) |
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| Item Description: | ERIC Document Number: ED480760. Availability: For full text: http://www.seep.org. Sponsoring Agency: Special Education Programs (edition/OSERS), Washington, DC. Contract Number: ED99CO0091. |
| Physical Description: | 53 pages. |