Table of Contents

Foreword - Lou Danielson
Preface - Thomas B Parrish and Cassandra M Guarino
PART ONE: FISCAL PROGRAM AND POLICY
Civil Rights and Disability Policy - Deborah A Verstegen
A Historical Perspective
Consolidating Categorical Educational Programs at the Local Level - Margaret J McLaughlin
What Will It Take? Including Students with Disabilities in Standards-Based Education Reform - Margaret E Goertz et al
Special Education Funding and Integration - Cor J W Meijer, Sip Jan Pijl and Sietske Waslander
Cases from Europe
PART TWO: METHODOLOGICAL AND POLICY PROFILES FROM THE STATES
The Patterns of Expenditures on Students with Disabilities - Jay G Chambers
A Methodological and Empirical Analysis
Special Education Finance in Pennsylvania - Robert E Feir
The Allocation of Resources to Special Education and Regular Instruction in New York State - Hamilton Lankford and James Wyckoff
Financing Special Education - Norm Fruchter, Thomas B Parrish and Robert Berne
Proposed Reforms in New York City
PART THREE: TRENDS AND NEW DEVELOPMENTS
Trends in Special Education Funding - Thomas B Parrish and Jean Wolman
What the States Report
New Directions in Special Education Finance Litigation - Deborah A Verstegen