Summary of LAO Findings and Recommendations on the 2010-11 Budget

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 Go Back  California Department of Education Governor seeks $1 billion in one-time federal funding as compensation for the federal government not covering its full share of special education costs. If funds were received, they would be used for general fiscal relief. Recommend California request that the federal government fully fund the federal 40 percent-of-excess-cost policy and permanently increase federal special education funding for all states. Accordingly, states and school districts should be allowed to reduce their share of costs. 2-18-10

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For more detail, please see the "Federal Special Education Funding" section of The 2010-11 Budget: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education report.