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April 29, 2003November 19, 2013Lexington Institute

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Special Education Reform Plan Makes Valuable Improvements

April 29, 2003November 19, 2013Lexington Institute

Issue Brief

Policymakers seeking to improve special education in the United States face a system that is:

  • Vast – nearly one in eight U.S. schoolchildren is currently considered disabled;
  • Complex – federal laws and regulations governing special education are among the most complicated and bureaucratic of any in the federal code;
  • Expensive – one study estimated that over $77 billion is spent annually to provide education for students with disabilities, and
  • Growing – by more than one-third over the past decade.

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