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Committee examines IDEA funding, reimbursement mechanics and special-education cross-subsidy
Summary
Officials described how IDEA Part B, preschool and Part C early-intervention funds are distributed, the program's entitlement obligations, and how insufficient federal funding shifts costs to states and districts; lawmakers pressed for clarity about draws and student data sent to the federal government.
Assistant commissioners for student support and special education described the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) funding streams that form the largest federal special-education pots and the mechanics districts use to draw reimbursements.
"This is by far the largest pot of federal special education funding that the state receives," Darren Corte, assistant commissioner for the Office of Student Support Services, told the committee. He explained IDEA Part B (school-age special education) is a formula grant intended to pay a portion of the "excess costs" of educating students with disabilities. Minnesota law and federal requirements mean LEAs must serve children with disabilities…
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