{"id":22947,"date":"2018-06-28T10:30:34","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T14:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=22947"},"modified":"2018-06-22T13:45:30","modified_gmt":"2018-06-22T17:45:30","slug":"idea-money-watch-because-we-need-to-know-where-the-money-goes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/idea-money-watch-because-we-need-to-know-where-the-money-goes\/","title":{"rendered":"IDEA Money Watch &#8211; Because We Need to Know Where the Money Goes!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"IDEA%20Money%20Watch%20-%20Because%20We%20Need%20to%20Know%20Where%20the%20Money%20Goes%21\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p><a href=\"http:\/\/ideamoneywatch.com\/main\/\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">IDEA Money Watch<\/span><\/a> tracks the $13 billion in annual federal funds provided to states and local school districts for special education.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ideamoneywatch.com\/main\/\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">http:\/\/ideamoneywatch.com\/main\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>IDEA Money Watch is a project of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.advocacyinstitute.org\/\">The Advocacy Institute<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.advocacyinstitute.org\/\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">http:\/\/www.advocacyinstitute.org\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>2018 News<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>April 25, 2018<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ideamoneywatch.com\/balancesheet\/?p=811\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">New interactive map<\/span><\/a> provides state-by-state information on the federal funding provided to support states and districts in providing special education, the amount Congress promised to pay and the funding gap that must be filled by state and local dollars.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Find Your State\u2019s Funding Gap<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ideamoneywatch.com\/balancesheet\/?p=811\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Go to the map at IDEA Money Watch<\/span><\/a> and hover over your state to see the latest funding gap and cost shifting.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ideamoneywatch.com\/balancesheet\/?p=811\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22948\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-27-at-1.01.07-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"446\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-27-at-1.01.07-PM.png 584w, https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-27-at-1.01.07-PM-300x260.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 446px) 100vw, 446px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ideamoneywatch.com\/balancesheet\/?p=811\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">http:\/\/www.ideamoneywatch.com\/balancesheet\/?p=811<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>More News from IDEA Money Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>June 5, 2018:<\/strong> U.S. Education Sec&#8217;y DeVos appears before Senate Appropriations Committee regarding the FY19 Budget request for education &#8211; which continues the severe under-funding of IDEA. The hearing can be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.appropriations.senate.gov\/subcommittees\/labor-health-and-human-services-education-and-related-agencies\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">watched here<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.appropriations.senate.gov\/subcommittees\/labor-health-and-human-services-education-and-related-agencies\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">https:\/\/www.appropriations.senate.gov\/subcommittees\/labor-health-and-human-services-education-and-related-agencies<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>March 23, 2018:<\/strong> IDEA gets tiny bump in FY18 Omnibus spending bill passed by Congress &#8230; $13.1 billion up from $12.8 billion &#8211; no where close to what Congress promised. <span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><a style=\"color: #0066cc;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nea.org\/assets\/docs\/FY18-Final-Appropriations-for-Education-Related-Discretionary-Programs.pdf\">Here&#8217;s a summary from NEA<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nea.org\/assets\/docs\/FY18-Final-Appropriations-for-Education-Related-Discretionary-Programs.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">http:\/\/www.nea.org\/assets\/docs\/FY18-Final-Appropriations-for-Education-Related-Discretionary-Programs.pdf<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>March 20, 2018<\/strong>: U.S. Education Sec&#8217;y DeVos appears before the House Appropriations Committee regarding the FY19 Budget request for education &#8211; which continues the severe under-funding of IDEA. The <a href=\"https:\/\/appropriations.house.gov\/calendar\/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=395133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">hearing can be watched live here<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/appropriations.house.gov\/calendar\/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=395133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">https:\/\/appropriations.house.gov\/calendar\/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=395133<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>February 12, 2018<\/strong>: Trump administration releases <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.gov\/news\/press-releases\/presidents-budget-expands-education-freedom-protects-vulnerable-students\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">FY 2019 budget proposal, providing level funding<\/span><\/a> for IDEA.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.gov\/news\/press-releases\/presidents-budget-expands-education-freedom-protects-vulnerable-students\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">https:\/\/www.ed.gov\/news\/press-releases\/presidents-budget-expands-education-freedom-protects-vulnerable-students<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Details on the funding request for IDEA is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nea.org\/assets\/docs\/Trump_DeVos-FY19-Budget-Request-for-Special-Education-with-State-Tables.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">available from the NEA here<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nea.org\/assets\/docs\/Trump_DeVos-FY19-Budget-Request-for-Special-Education-with-State-Tables.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">http:\/\/www.nea.org\/assets\/docs\/Trump_DeVos-FY19-Budget-Request-for-Special-Education-with-State-Tables.pdf<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>February 7, 2018<\/strong>: National Council on Disability releases <a href=\"https:\/\/ncd.gov\/publications\/2018\/individuals-disabilities-education-act-report-series-5-report-briefs\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">series of briefs on IDEA including &#8220;Broken Promises: The Underfunding of IDEA<\/span><\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ncd.gov\/publications\/2018\/individuals-disabilities-education-act-report-series-5-report-briefs\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">https:\/\/ncd.gov\/publications\/2018\/individuals-disabilities-education-act-report-series-5-report-briefs<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IDEA Money Watch tracks the $13 billion in annual federal funds provided to states and local school districts for special education. http:\/\/ideamoneywatch.com\/main\/ IDEA Money Watch is a project of The <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/idea-money-watch-because-we-need-to-know-where-the-money-goes\/\">Continue Reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1500,1499],"class_list":["post-22947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-idea-2004","tag-idea-money-watch","tag-the-advocacy-institute"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22947"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23060,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22947\/revisions\/23060"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}