Stimulus funds give special ed preschool programs a reprieve … at least for now
July 1st, 2009By Christina Samuels in Education Week (registration required):
The federal stimulus package for education has revived some endangered early intervention programs for infants and toddlers with developmental disabilities, but advocates say the future is still uncertain.
Research has demonstrated that early intervention programs help children with disabilities, but budget concerns are making states consider shrinking and even eliminating them. The programs are not mandated by federal law.
Susan Maude, the president of the Division for Early Childhood of the Arlington, Va.-based Council for Exceptional Children, says the stimulus funds “have allowed some states to postpone, for at least a year, the difficult decision about whether the state can afford to continue to participate in this voluntary program.”
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