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Austin ISD reports progress to TEA on special education work; frontline system rollout and CFAC updates planned
Summary
District leaders told trustees they have closed corrective action plans under the TEA agreed order, are tracking SPP indicators for special education evaluations, and will roll out a new Frontline special-education management system with campus and parent training this summer.
The Austin ISD administration provided a May 8 update on work required by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) agreed order for special education, telling trustees that the district has closed the corrective action plans that prompted the order and is now focused on system and data improvements, training and family engagement.
Monthly metrics and SPP indicators: Dr. Cherry Lee, interim assistant superintendent for special education, reviewed data the district is submitting to TEA as part of its priority-3 reporting. As of April, the district reported 1,056 pending initial evaluations (with zero out-of-timeline initial evaluations since February) and 835 pending reevaluations, 42 of which were out of timeline. The combined pending count was 1,891, with 42 reevaluations flagged as out of timeline.
Dr. Lee explained that SPP Indicator 11 measures whether initial evaluations and initial ARD…
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