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Salem School Committee hears special education update; DESE finds district “meets requirements”
Summary
Jen DuSettley, the district’s executive director of special education, reported to the Salem School Committee that about 1,100 students have IEPs and that the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education found the district “meets requirements.”
Salem — The Salem School Committee on May 19 received a wide‑ranging update on special education from Jen DuSettley, the district’s executive director of special education, who said the district now serves about 1,100 students with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs).
DuSettley told the committee that roughly 72 percent of students with IEPs receive the majority of their education in inclusion or partial inclusion settings, about 7 percent attend out‑of‑district placements and roughly 20 percent are served in substantially separate settings. “We have about 1,100 students with an IEP this year,” she said.
The update included the district’s most recent federal IDEA determination from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE). DuSettley said Salem was one of only three districts in the Mass Urban Districts group to receive a “meets requirements”…
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