Aligning Special Education Funding With Special Education Data To Help Serve Oregon Students
The document was released in November 2023. It is a proposal from the Sweet Home, Oregon school district to the state legislature requesting an update to the school district funding formula for special education. Currently, special education allocations in the formula estimate that 11% of students need special education services. However, that cap was set in the 1990s. The percentage of students needing special education has increased, meaning that the allocation is insufficient . . .