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Trustees press Austin ISD to spell out special-education transitions and staffing in consolidation plan
Summary
Board members said the district must provide a detailed plan for special-education placements, IEP meetings and staffing ratios before consolidations proceed; trustees described the community’s need for clear timelines and assurances that services will continue.
Trustees at the Austin ISD board meeting repeatedly raised special education as a distinct, high-priority concern in the district’s consolidation and transition planning, asking administrators for clear staffing plans, timelines for IEP meetings and assurances that services will continue without interruption.
Trustee D’Aurelios (speaker identified in the meeting) told the board the special-education community needs more than the broad-strokes language in the draft proposal: “The amount that we've talked about dual‑language education…almost everything that was said about that should be talked about for special education as well,” the trustee said, listing issues that require specific answers,…
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