In Washington State Gifted Education comes under Special Education also, though maybe I'm confused by what that means. Gifted education is ensured funding because it is part of special ed, and can't be randomly cut because of that. Where we are we have a gifted magnet school that draws from the whole district and works quite well. In fact, with budget deficits, they have expanded it so that people from out of district can "opt" in. In WA, the state money follows the child, even if they go to school out of district.
What are the constraints that would rule out a magnet school?
