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USBE committee backs response to PEA recommendations, urges study of funding and preserves option for 504 students to attend USDB
Summary
The Utah State Board—s standing committee on Schools for the Deaf and Blind voted to send a revised response to PEA recommendations to the full board, insisting the board retain placement authority, preserve the option for students with Section 504 plans to attend USDB, and request study of a USDB-specific WPU weight and additional operational funding.
The Utah State Board of Education—s Standing Committee on Utah Schools for the Deaf and Blind voted unanimously to send a drafted response to the full board that pushes back on several recommendations from the Public Education Appropriations (PEA) memo and asks for further study of funding and operational details.
The committee, chaired by Leanne Wood, said the letter will emphasize that placement decisions should remain with IEP teams and local educators while preserving an existing option for students with Section 504 plans to attend USDB programs when appropriate. "We are trying to maintain this option that they currently have now, that Utah currently allows them to have," Wood said during the meeting.
Why it matters: PEA proposed changes that would, among other things, move USDB-designated students into…
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