Not only is there an inordinate amount of time spent on individual program construction, there is also an inordinate amount of money spent on material resources. At times the special education student requires assistive technology or material adaptations that carry additional expense. Sometimes, additional personnel in the form of individual aides are required to promote student success within the school setting. In response teachers are becoming increasingly frustrated with the demands placed on them by the current system. Work hours are often longer, expected, and uncompensated.
Teachers are often ill prepared to deal with special needs students in their classrooms.
Thus, teaching skills and tolerance are stretched. Both of these occurring in a climate which at times lacks support from administration and other shareholders. Taxpayers and board members are angry with state and federal government regulations mandating such expense and funding little. There are multiple levels to this equity issue. The view espoused in education until about the 1880s was one which saw success as a possibility for the majority of people.