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Lewisville ISD outlines plan to address ‘significant disproportionality’ in out-of-school suspensions for students with disabilities
Summary
District officials described a Strategic Support Plan submitted to TEA and ongoing staff training to reduce disproportionate out-of-school suspensions for African American students with disabilities, including mandatory set-aside of IDEA-B funds and use of Safe and Civil Schools and restorative practices.
Lewisville ISD staff told trustees Monday evening that the district has been identified as having significant disproportionality (SD) for the third year in the category of out-of-school suspensions of students with disabilities, and described actions already underway to address the finding.
Tina Clark, joined by Linda Peterson and Lisa Granville, briefed the board on compliance under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and on the district's response after being designated SD Year 3 in TEA’s 2024 results-driven accountability report. Clark said LEAs designated SD Year 3 must allocate a mandatory 15% of existing IDEA-B federal funds toward improvement strategies for the area identified.
"Based on our 2024 results driven accountability...LISD is SD in the use of out of school suspension for less than or equal to 10 days for African American…
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