ABSTRACT
This chapter covers the components of finance for a special education leader. It introduces you to the basic financial information needed to understand, develop, and appropriately carry out budgets for implementing special education programs. The chapter discusses the funding sources and how they are distributed, allowable uses, finally give suggestions on strategies to use when building and carrying through with financial activities. local educational agencys are required to spend a specific proportionate amount of their federally provided Individuals with Disabilities Act funds on parentally-placed private school students with disabilities. School districts who receive federal dollars, must comply with all the federal laws and regulations regarding the use of those dollars and programs. Local funding is generated via county or township governments, as well as local communities in the form of taxes for these locations, in some cases, it is based on personal property tax for homeowners, but this is really determined based on what taxes exist in given local communities.
