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GISD outlines corrective-action plan after state finds special-education paperwork gaps
Summary
A state monitoring visit found gaps in the Gadsden Independent School District’s special-education documentation, and district officials presented a corrective-action plan to the board on issues that district and state staff said must be fixed by September 2026.
A state monitoring visit found gaps in the Gadsden Independent School District’s special-education documentation, and district officials presented a corrective-action plan to the board on issues that district and state staff said must be fixed by September 2026.
The district’s special-education lead, speaking to the board, said the Public Education Department (PED) reviewed roughly 75 student files and cited noncompliance in least-restrictive environment (LRE), service delivery, discipline, child-find and alternate-assessment documentation. “If it’s not documented, it didn’t happen,” the special-education director told trustees, underscoring that many findings were missing signatures, consent forms and monitoring records rather than evidence that services were not provided.
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