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ESEA, APPROPRIATIONS BILLS KEEP SPECIAL ED UNDERFUNDED
WASHINGTON, January 20, 2002 -- After the special ed community came tantalizingly close to getting a commitment from Congress to pay the whole bill for federally mandated special ed services, the final version of the Elementary and Secondary Education reauthorization bill emerged from last fall's behind-the-scenes wrangling with no promise of adequate special ed funding. With the ESEA debates finally closed, Congress followed a week later with an $8.67 billion special ed funding package, nearly $9 billion short of what the states need from the federal coffer.
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Washington News Archive

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FEDERAL SPECIAL ED CHIEFS EXHORT STATE DIRECTORS TO WORK, LOBBY HARDER
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May 16, 2000 |
NINE STATES GET NEW GRANTS UNDER IDEA
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May 10, 2000 |
INCLUSION UP SLIGHTLY, STUDENTS RECEIVING SERVICES UP 3%, DEPT. OF EDUCATION SAYS
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April 11, 2000 |
NEW OSEP DIRECTOR: IMPROVING SPECIAL ED SERVICES IS DIFFICULT BUT DO-ABLE
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February 4, 2000 |
FORMER KENTUCKY EDUCATION COMMISSIONER TO HEAD U.S. SPECIAL ED PROGRAMS
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December 16, 1999 |
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PUTS GUARD AT OSEP HELM
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August 20, 1999 |
MULTI-YEAR STUDY LOOKS AT SPECIAL ED SPENDING
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August 11, 1999 |
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