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Educators urge Utah board to reinstate Council for Exceptional Children standards
Summary
Dozens of Utah special-education professionals and advocates urged the Utah State Board of Education to reverse a decision removing Council for Exceptional Children standards from teacher-licensing competencies, saying the standards support teacher preparation, federal compliance and student outcomes.
Dr. Mallory Poole, who said she is moving to a full-time faculty position at Southern Utah University and is an adjunct at Utah Tech University, told the Utah State Board of Education she was "deeply concerned about the recent decision to remove the Council for Exceptional Children's Standards from Utah's educator licensing requirements."
The request to reinstate the CEC standards drew a string of public comments from special-education teachers, university faculty and professional organizers who said the standards provide a research-based framework for teacher preparation and ongoing professional development. "To remove these standards ... would be a disservice to our community," said Shanabath Vakil, who spoke in favor of keeping the standards.
Nut graf: The public commenters said the CEC standards — cited by speakers as foundational for preparing special-education teachers and aligning practice with federal law — were removed by a prior USBE…
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