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Midway ISD outlines special education growth, billing changes and data platform rollout
Summary
Special education director Lisa Cochran told the Midway ISD board the district has expanded services, adopted a unified student data platform and faces billing and staffing pressures amid state policy changes and increased caseloads.
Lisa Cochran, director of special education for Midway ISD, told the school board Tuesday that the district has expanded programs and upgraded how it tracks services as special education caseloads and early-childhood evaluations increase.
“We have a year of growth, innovation, and community building,” Cochran said, summarizing the department’s progress and challenges. She described a switch to an “Empower” platform that consolidates special education, Section 504, RTI and gifted-and-talented records into a single hub so teachers and parents can receive up-to-date accommodation information overnight.
The update said Midway has about 1,485 special education students and 1,009 Section 504 students after…
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