School Funding Advocacy
The ASHA School Finance Committee has developed this page to help members find tools they can use for funding and to help explain the complex and multiple funding processes involved in public school-based services from federal, state, and local perspectives.
Funding and Advocacy Tools
MTSS: Understanding Professional Roles and Funding Mechanisms Obtaining Grants & Local Money [PDF]
Obtaining Grants & Local Money
Money Talks: Four Ways to Fund Your Best Work [PDF]
Increasing Salaries & Budgets
- Increasing Salaries in the Schools
- Advocating for Higher Salaries and Extra Benefits from Your Local School District
- Salary Supplement for Educational Audiologists and School-Based Speech-Language Pathologists
Funding News/Articles
End to One Time Aid May Squeeze Special Ed Budgets
Success Stories
- Find out how one member advocated for funds from her school district PTA for FM system in the classroom.
- Learn more about other local advocacy success stories.
- Read success stories posted on the National Coalition on Personnel Shortages in Special Education & Related Services website
Other Funding-Related Resources
Learning About Education Funding
Basics of School Funding
- Overview of Funding for Pre-K–12 Education
- ASHA's Coding, Reimbursement, and Advocacy Modules
- Understanding State School Funding (Education Commission of the States) [PDF]
IDEA Funding
- ASHA's IDEA website
- Early Intervening Funding Implications for Audiologists [PDF]
- Early Intervening Funding Implications for Speech-Language Pathologists [PDF]
Medicaid
- National Provider Identifier (NPI) Numbers and Medicaid Billing Requirements for School-Based Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs)
- Medicaid in School: Funding and Advocacy [PDF]
- Local Education Agency Use of Medicaid Funds [PDF]
- Medicaid Coverage of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists
- Medicaid Payment for School-Based Services
