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Special‑education director reports steady IEP enrollment, positive DESE monitoring review
Summary
Director of special education Dr. Michelle Fogarty presented the department's annual update, including student counts, funding sources and the final DESE integrated monitoring review that found full implementation of special-education criteria and minor corrective actions for civil‑rights items.
Dr. Michelle Fogarty, Scituate Public Schools director of special education, told the school committee Monday that the district's population of students with individualized education programs (IEPs) remains roughly steady and that a recent state review found the district largely in compliance.
Fogarty said the district's Oct. 1 special‑education count was 519 students on IEPs (496 enrolled and attending district schools plus 28 students placed out of district with Scituate funding). She reported a March count of about 559 students on IEPs including those served in‑district and by contracted programs. The district's IEP rate was 18.7 percent compared with the state rate of 20.6 percent, Fogarty said.
The report outlined disability categories and placements: specific learning disability was the largest single category (31.8 percent), followed by health‑related categories largely reflecting ADHD (18 percent), developmental delay and autism…
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