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Austin ISD reports progress on special-education plan, large hiring push and expanded family engagement
Summary
Interim special-education leaders told the board they have moved 66 of 142 strategic-plan actions to completion or progress, significantly increased in-house evaluation and service staffing, and expanded family-facing programs such as weekly "Empower Hour" sessions and an in-person transition fair.
Austin ISD's interim special-education leadership reported Nov. 6 that the district had completed or advanced 66 of 142 actions set out in the TEA-agreed special-education strategic plan and that the district has made a major hiring effort to restore in-house evaluation capacity and related services.
Numbers and staffing: Assistant Superintendent Sherry Lee told trustees the district has hired and onboarded roughly 38 speech-language pathologists, 14 occupational therapists, 17 mental-health specialists, 37…
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