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Board reviews special education procedures; staff explain multidisciplinary team and child‑find duties
Summary
Staff answered board questions about special education procedures, including the role of the multidisciplinary team (MDT), child‑find responsibilities for migrant/homeless students and how young children are screened for special education services.
Several board members raised questions during a policy review about sections referencing children experiencing homelessness, foster care and migrant conditions and about the district’s multidisciplinary team (MDT) process for special education referrals.
District special education staff explained that the MDT (referred to in state law and district procedures) brings multiple specialists together — for example, a school psychologist, speech therapist, occupational therapist, general educator and a parent — to…
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