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ESSA report shows Holmen performing well; IDEA review flags disproportionality in other‑health‑impairment evaluations
Summary
The district's federal accountability presentation showed Holmen performed well under ESSA indicators; the IDEA review met most requirements but found a disproportionality flag for evaluations of students listed as multiracial with other health impairments, which the district will review with DPI.
District executive directors presented the joint federal accountability packet covering Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) identifications and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) compliance for 2023–24.
ESSA findings: Executive Director Jill Mason summarized ESSA's purpose and said Holmen uses the same state report-card data for federal reporting. The district reported no comprehensive or targeted federal identifications requiring corrective actions and said public ESSA data are posted by school and subgroup.
IDEA findings: Executive Director Kim Edwards said Holmen met the combined compliance-and-results requirements overall but that the district received a disproportionality finding for one area: evaluations for students classified as "other health impairment" within the multiracial subgroup. "This is the first time, in my career, actually, that we have not met disproportionality," Edwards told the board. She said the district will work with DPI on a targeted data review, procedural compliance checks for those evaluations, and improvement strategies.
Why it matters: ESSA identifications can trigger multiyear interventions for low-performing student groups; IDEA findings require corrective measures and follow-up with DPI. Edwards said the district will conduct a data dig and return to the board with recommended improvement steps and timelines.
Next steps: staff expect to begin the DPI review and to return to the board with findings and improvement plans; some IDEA procedural timelines were identified as falling in the fall-to-winter reporting cycle.
