The budget proposed by US President Biden asks for an additional $2.1 billion under the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act, which would bring funding for special education programs to $16.8 billion in the next fiscal year. The program saw a similar increase of $2.5 billion in the 2023 budget.
IDEA Part C grants, which fund early intervention services for infants and toddlers with disabilities, would also get an additional $392 million, bringing total funding for the grants to $932 million. But the IDEA funding still falls far short of Congress’s promise to cover 40 percent of the excess cost of educating a child in special education when it passed IDEA in the 1970s. Biden’s budget would bring that number to around 13 percent. Falling short of the 40 percent threshold is nothing new, as the federal government hasn’t met that bar in decades.
Biden budget increases spending on SPED?
Biden budget increases spending on SPED?
Biden budget increases spending on SPED?
The budget proposed by US President Biden asks for an additional $2.1 billion under the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act, which would bring funding for special education programs to $16.8 billion in the next fiscal year. The program saw a similar increase of $2.5 billion in the 2023 budget.
IDEA Part C grants, which fund early intervention services for infants and toddlers with disabilities, would also get an additional $392 million, bringing total funding for the grants to $932 million. But the IDEA funding still falls far short of Congress’s promise to cover 40 percent of the excess cost of educating a child in special education when it passed IDEA in the 1970s. Biden’s budget would bring that number to around 13 percent. Falling short of the 40 percent threshold is nothing new, as the federal government hasn’t met that bar in decades.