From the ECS State Policy Database: Special Education--Finance - This policy database—updated weekly—is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States....

State Funding Programs for High-Cost Special Education Students MS Word PDF - In this country, approximately six million public school students receive special education services. Of these six million students, approximately 300,000 could be defined as "high need" or "high cost" students. This ECS StateNote presents the results of a survey of 12 states' high-cost special education policies to determine how each state defines special education students as being "high-cost" and what, if any, additional funding is provided to districts to address their funding need. (Mike Griffith, Education Commission of the States, May 2008)...

Examples of State Approaches To Special Education Finance MS Word - Descriptions of how some states have chosen to incorporate the higher cost of educating a special education student into their financing formulas. (Molly Burke, Education Commission of the States, October 2003)...

Financing Special Education: State Funding Formulas - The goal of this study was to determine each state's current formula for providing state aid for special education and to gather related information about state fiscal support for special education. Each state responded to the survey. A complete list of state funding formulas for 2008-09 can be found in the report. (Eileen Aheam, Project Forum, National Association of State Directors of Special Education, April 2010)...