@EdWorkingPaper{ai24-1076,
title = "IncreasED: How Court Rulings Impact Special Education Identification",
author = "Stephanie Coffey, Christopher Cleveland",
institution = "Annenberg Institute at Brown University",
number = "1076",
year = "2024",
month = "November",
URL = "http://www.edworkingpapers.com/ai24-1076",
abstract = {Healthcare services outside of school impact the likelihood of receiving a school-based special education classification and services. This paper employs difference-in-differences to examine the impacts of expanded Medicaid coverage for mental and behavioral healthcare brought by the Rosie D. lawsuit in 2009. Using Massachusetts administrative data on public school students, Rosie D. caused a 0.3 percentage point (2.1 percent) increase in emotional disorder (ED) identification among low-income grades 9-12 students. Students with ED were more likely to be Black or multiracial after Rosie D. Students were also more likely to have experienced suspension or chronic absenteeism before identification after Rosie D. Finally, grades K-8 students identified with ED were educated in less inclusive settings after Rosie D. },
}