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Sioux Falls district outlines special services expansion, behavior team growth
Summary
District officials reported growth in special education enrollment and described a newly expanded behavior team and transition programs; board acknowledged the overview by voice vote.
Denise Kennedy, director of special services for Sioux Falls School District 49-5, told the school board the district’s special services department operates on a roughly $66,000,000 budget and employs more than 1,700 staff who support about 4,200 students eligible for special education services.
“The December 1 child count is what drives our special education state aid,” Kennedy said, summarizing the district’s funding basis and the recent upward trend in students receiving services. She said the district’s December 1 counts increased over the past four years after a small dip the year following the COVID-19 pandemic.
The presentation described a range of in-district programs for…
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