▁and ▁inter vention ▁services ▁and ▁how ▁to ▁access ▁them . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁the ▁state ▁of ▁Pennsylvania ▁provided ▁$ 1 , 0 2 6 , 8 1 5 , 0 0 0 ▁for ▁Special ▁Education ▁services . ▁The ▁state ▁has ▁level ▁fund ed ▁special ▁education ▁for ▁the ▁past ▁ 5 ▁years . ▁This ▁fund ing ▁is ▁in ▁addition ▁to ▁the ▁state ' s ▁basic ▁education ▁per ▁pup il ▁fund ing , ▁as ▁well ▁as , ▁all ▁other ▁state ▁and ▁federal ▁fund ing . ▁ ▁The ▁Special ▁Education ▁fund ing ▁structure ▁is ▁through ▁the ▁federal ▁Ind ividual s ▁with ▁Dis abilities ▁Education ▁Act ▁( IDE A ) ▁funds ▁and ▁state ▁appropri ations . ▁IDE A ▁funds ▁are ▁appropri ated ▁to ▁the ▁state ▁on ▁an ▁annual ▁basis ▁and ▁distributed ▁through ▁intermediate ▁units ▁( I Us ) ▁to ▁school ▁districts , ▁while ▁state ▁funds ▁are ▁distributed ▁directly ▁to ▁the ▁districts . ▁Total ▁funds ▁that ▁are ▁received ▁by ▁school ▁districts ▁are ▁calculated ▁through ▁a ▁formula . ▁The ▁Pennsylvania ▁Department ▁of ▁Education ▁over se es ▁four ▁appropri ations ▁used ▁to ▁fund ▁students ▁with ▁special ▁needs : ▁Special ▁Education ; ▁Appro ved ▁Private ▁School s ; ▁Pennsylvania ▁Char tered ▁School s ▁for ▁the ▁De af ▁and ▁Bl ind ; ▁and ▁Early ▁Inter vention . ▁The ▁Pennsylvania ▁Special ▁Education ▁fund ing ▁system ▁assumes ▁that ▁ 1 6 % ▁of ▁the ▁district ' s ▁students ▁receive ▁special ▁education ▁services . ▁It ▁also ▁assumes ▁that ▁each ▁student ' s ▁needs ▁acc r ue ▁the ▁same ▁level ▁of