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State education officials outline monitoring plans, new special‑education rules and $30 million in aid
Summary
Connecticut State Department of Education officials reviewed this year’s integrated monitoring plan, highlighted recent legislative changes affecting special‑education practice, and described a $30 million Special Education Enhancement Grant to be distributed to districts.
Connecticut State Department of Education officials presented an overview of the agency’s integrated monitoring work, recent public acts affecting special education and new funding during the Sept. 24 meeting of the Connecticut State Special Education Advisory Council.
“Today I’m gonna share a little bit about our integrated monitoring activities for the year ahead,” Special Education Division Director Brian Klimkiewicz told the council, describing universal monitoring, cyclical cohorts and three tiers of intervention the department uses to review local education agencies.
Klimkiewicz said the department groups districts into three cohorts using a formula that balances size and geography, and that districts may be pulled into off‑cycle reviews through a credible‑allegation process. He described tier 1 as universal activities that touch every district annually, tier 2 as more focused work for roughly half of a cohort, and tier 3 as the most intensive support, including randomly selected, unannounced on‑site visits required by legislation.
The department summarized…
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