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District presents special-education update: legal duties, staffing and funding pressures
Summary
District staff reviewed special-education law, the continuum of programs and staffing, and provided a funding breakdown showing most special-education costs supported locally; leaders warned of statewide staffing shortages.
District staff presented an overview of special-education services, explained the legal framework under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), described the district’s continuum of programming and staffing, and outlined funding sources and constraints.
Jason and Rachel (staff presenters) described the district’s obligations under IDEA: identify, locate and evaluate children with disabilities, provide a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) from ages 3 through 21 and convene multidisciplinary teams that include parents. The presenters summarized the district’s child-find duties and described how a multidisciplinary evaluation may include school psychologists, special-education and general-education teachers, speech-language pathologists, occupational and physical therapists, and parents.
Presenters listed the district’s specialized programs and sites: the Kidship program (Jackson Elementary) for students needing intensive behavioral supports;…
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