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Where is California's $2 billion really goin? AB. 126

Where is California's $2 billion really goin? AB. 126

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California has committed a historic $2.4 billion investment to special education—the largest funding increase in state history.But here's the question no one seems to be asking...Will children and families actually feel the difference?In this episode of Beyond the Spectrum, Shawn Francis takes an objective, fact-based look at AB 126, separating headlines from reality and exploring what this unprecedented investment could mean for students with disabilities, educators, and caregivers across California.Funding alone doesn't transform lives.Implementation does.Join us as we examine where the money is expected to go, what problems it's intended to solve, and how families can determine whether this investment delivers meaningful results—not just bigger budgets.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━📌 IN THIS EPISODE• What AB 126 actually does• Why California invested $2.4 billion in special education• How the funding is expected to be distributed• Teacher shortages and workforce development• Early intervention services• Mental health and behavioral supports• Transition programs for young adults• Accountability: How will we know if this works?• Questions every parent should ask during an IEP meeting• Why success should be measured by student outcomes—not funding announcementsWhether you're a caregiver, educator, therapist, advocate, policymaker, or simply someone passionate about creating better opportunities for individuals with disabilities, this episode provides a thoughtful conversation grounded in facts, perspective, and hope.Because children don't experience budgets.They experience teachers.They experience classrooms.They experience opportunity.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━📖 RESEARCH & REFERENCESWe believe informed families make empowered decisions. Below are several resources referenced throughout this discussion to help you continue your own research.• California Assembly Bill 126 (AB 126)• California Department of Education – Special Education• California State Budget Summary• California Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO)• California Commission on Teacher Credentialing• Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)• U.S. Department of Education – Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)(Official resource links are included below.)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🤝 COMMUNITY PARTNERS👟 BILLY FootwearBILLY Footwear believes everyone deserves shoes that are easy to put on without sacrificing style. Their innovative FlipTop Technology makes dressing easier for individuals of all ages and abilities.🎉 Receive 10% OFF your purchase—including sale items—using our exclusive link below.👉 [Insert BILLY Affiliate Link]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🥣 Soul GrainSoul Grain creates delicious, all-natural granola made with wholesome ingredients and absolutely no artificial additives.Use promo code BTS10 or our link below to receive 10% OFF your order.👉 [Insert Soul Grain Link]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━💙 Meet BeaMeet Bea helps bridge the gap between support and independence by connecting caregivers, therapists, educators, family members, and other stakeholders around meaningful goals.Receive 10% OFF your initial subscription using our exclusive link below.👉 [Insert Meet Bea Link]Remember... you're not alone. You're one of us.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🛡 JOIN THE DENAre you a father or male caregiver?Join The Den, our FREE bi-weekly Zoom community where men encourage one another, build authentic friendships, and remember that no caregiver should walk this journey alone.👉 Registration is FREE.[Insert The Den Registration Link]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🌉 BUILDING BRIDGESAt Beyond the Spectrum, we believe caregiving is more than a responsibility—it's an opportunity to build stronger families, stronger communities, and a more inclusive world.Thank you for being part of that mission.Together, we're building bridges between the caregiving community and prosperity... in all its forms.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━👍 If you enjoyed this episode:✔ Subscribe to the channel✔ Like this video✔ Leave a comment below✔ Share this episode with another caregiver, educator, therapist, or family.Every share helps us reach more families and continue creating meaningful conversations that make a difference.#SpecialEducation #AB126 #California #Autism #IEP #Caregivers #Disability #BeyondTheSpectrum #SpecialNeeds #Education #Parents #Advocacy #Neurodiversity #InclusiveEducation #ProsperityAdvocateSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/just-two-dads/donations
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