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Romulus special‑education leaders outline staffing, compliance and suspension changes
Summary
Romulus Community Schools special‑education staff reported a higher-than-average special‑education enrollment, described steps to tighten IEP timelines and suspension notifications, and urged recruitment and onboarding improvements to reduce staff turnover.
Romulus Community Schools’ special‑education staff told the Board of Education on June 23 that the district’s special‑education population is above regional and state averages and described staffing, compliance and discipline‑tracking steps to reduce late Individualized Education Program (IEP) work and unnecessary suspensions.
Julie Gutman, speaking for the district’s special services office, said the district’s current special‑education count is 448 and that figure represents an 18% share of enrollment; she said the state average is about 15% and the Wayne County ISD average is about 14%.
The presentation outlined several operational changes intended to keep required evaluations and IEPs on time. Gutman said caseload reports are now distributed monthly to…
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