ERIC Number: EJ1309405
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
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Special Education Funding and Teacher Turnover
Stock, Wendy A.; Carriere, Danielle
Education Economics, v29 n5 p443-460 2021
We exploit differences in state special education funding systems based on special education enrollment ('bounty systems') or on total student enrollment ('census systems') to assess whether funding systems impact teacher turnover, teacher specialty, special education enrollment, state education spending, average class sizes, and teacher effort. We find that census funding decreases special education enrollment and increases turnover among special education teachers. Relative to their counterparts, special education teachers are 5 percentage points more likely to move across schools and 18 percentage points more likely to switch to general education teaching after the implementation of census funding in their state.
Descriptors: Special Education, Educational Finance, Financial Support, Enrollment, Labor Turnover, Teacher Persistence, Special Education Teachers, Probability, Educational Legislation, Equal Education, Students with Disabilities, Federal Legislation, Funding Formulas, Elementary Secondary Education, Teacher Characteristics, Teaching Conditions, Geographic Location
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Schools and Staffing Survey (NCES)
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