Foreword - Lou Danielson Preface - Thomas B Parrish and Cassandra M Guarino PART ONE: FISCAL PROGRAM AND POLICY Civil Rights and Disability Policy - Deborah A Verstegen A Historical Perspective Consolidating Categorical Educational Programs at the Local Level - Margaret J McLaughlin What Will It Take? Including Students with Disabilities in Standards-Based Education Reform - Margaret E Goertz et al Special Education Funding and Integration - Cor J W Meijer, Sip Jan Pijl and Sietske Waslander Cases from Europe PART TWO: METHODOLOGICAL AND POLICY PROFILES FROM THE STATES The Patterns of Expenditures on Students with Disabilities - Jay G Chambers A Methodological and Empirical Analysis Special Education Finance in Pennsylvania - Robert E Feir The Allocation of Resources to Special Education and Regular Instruction in New York State - Hamilton Lankford and James Wyckoff Financing Special Education - Norm Fruchter, Thomas B Parrish and Robert Berne Proposed Reforms in New York City PART THREE: TRENDS AND NEW DEVELOPMENTS Trends in Special Education Funding - Thomas B Parrish and Jean Wolman What the States Report New Directions in Special Education Finance Litigation - Deborah A Verstegen