ECS regularly issues useful compilations, summaries and/or comparisons of state policies — enacted or pending — on a wide variety of education topics, listed on the right. For a list of our most current documents, please see our What's New page.
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Special Education
 State Responses to the Increasing Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders  PDF - Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) are the fastest growing developmental disorders. In recognizing the increasing needs of children affected by ASDs as well as the associated financial implications for local governments, some states have begun re-assessing their current systems of support and looking for better and more efficient ways to serve individuals with ASD and their families. This ECS StateNote presents examples of initiatives states have taken to better serve this growing population. (Emily Workman, ECS, November 2011)...
How Thinking in Pictures Provides Perspective - Here what Temple Grandin had to say at the 2011 ECS National Forum on Education Policy about what matters most to helping all kids succeed....
From the ECS State Policy Database: Special Education--Transition - 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)...
Links to State Department of Education Special Education Web Sites MS Word - Compilation of links to special education Web sites (Education Commission of the States, July 2003)...
From the ECS State Policy Database: Special Education--Federal Law/Regulations - This policy database—updated weekly—is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States....
From the ECS State Policy Database: Special Education--Inclusion (Mainstreaming) - This policy database—updated weekly—is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States....
From the ECS State Policy Database: Special Education--Placement - This policy database—updated weekly—is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States....
From the ECS State Policy Database: Special Education - This policy database—updated weekly—is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States....
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....
Special Education Financing MS Word - Descriptions of organizations with information on the subject of special education finance — with links to their Web sites. (Education Commission of the States, September 2000)...
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