'Funding Cliff' Hits Special Education in N.C. District

The article describes a situation that many, if not all districts in the country are dealing with, and that is funding problems. This is one of those particular instances where a program was developed with assumptions that the funding or structure of that program (IAs and so forth) would still be involved. In this situation when the funding runs out the structure of the whole program is severely compromised.  Perhaps the teacher did not use enough foresight in assuming that IAs could permanently be a part of the class, but I am confused that they are cutting IAs in special education classrooms when that is supposed to be federally funded. However, the point is that in special situations, like the ones described in the article, the present economic problems are unable to adapt in such a way as to be equitable in their distribution of funds.