Trends in Special Education

7% 2.0 Students w/ Disabilities 17% Special Education 16% 44% 40% Source: Shifting Trends in Special Education BY Janie Scull and Amber Winkler 64.5% 2. NEW YORK 15% 1.5 14% 81% 60% 5. ILLINOIS 5% 1. CALIFORNIA 10.4% 17% 10.6% 12% 83% 54% 3.5% 40% 60% 6. PENNSYLVANIA 16.8% 16% 80% 3,5% 57.3% 1.O 14% 8. NEW JERSEY 8% 34% 58% 9. MICHIGAN 64% 12% 7% 8% 35% 57% 66% 14.8% 10. NORTH CAROLINA 15% 16% 6% 15% 70% 84% 14% 61% 7. OHIO 53% 43% 58% 58% 0.5 3. TEXAS 4. FLORIDA TEACHERS / PARAPROFESSIONALS PER ,000 STUDENTS 2$ 50 100 150 200 Special Education Spending Special Education Student Students with Disabilities by States 2008-09 Personnel Ratio Top 10 by States 2008-09 by States 2008-09 Special Education spending has risen at a fast rate over the last few decades: Between 1996 and 2005, an estimated 40% of all new spending in education went to special education services. Special Education paraprofessionals increased in number and ratio throughout the decades. Because 85% of special education spending supports personnel, special education staff is obviously the main source of swelling expenditures. OH The above analysis multiplied standardized salary estimates by the number of special education teachers and paraprofessionals in each state, and then divided the total by the number of students with disabilities to % of Special Education of the U.S.A. % of Special Education Specific Learning Special Disabilities (SLD) Education % Drop out % Graduation with Regular Diploma Special Program % Graduation with of the State calculate an overall per-pupil expenditure for each state. SPECIAL EDUCATION EXPENDITURE