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Special services reports updated 504 guidance, transition process and improved parent survey results
Summary
Director of Special Services Dawn Gresham reported updates to the district's 504 manual, a district advancement process for transitions, expanded MIS guidance, a RACI accountability grid, and improved parent-satisfaction survey results; staffing levels were reported as stable for certified positions.
Doctor Dawn Gresham, Derby’s director of special services, told the board on Feb. 24 the department has updated multiple processes and materials intended to strengthen compliance, transitions and family communication.
Gresham said the district revised its 504 manual in light of recent judicial guidance and expanded the district’s management-information-system manual from roughly 10–15 pages to nearly 80 pages to meet state reporting standards for IEPs. The special services office also implemented a district advancement process to clarify transition planning at key grade changes (early childhood…
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