This period should be limited to 3-5 years. Special Education funding and allocation needs to be more reflective of actual spending. Proposals highlighted different options including increasing the proportion allocated in the formula to reflecting more accurate enrollment to a separate line item for special education spending. Each proposal brought with it specific concerns. High Enrollment Growth Districts are not capturing full funding for actual students because the formula is based on prior year enrollment.
Some districts drop below foundation spending as a result.
Adjusting enrollment figures to reflect more current enrollment data would assist the high growth districts but could result in other fiscal problems.