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PSD board, state lawmakers discuss special education, IEP platforms, workforce and TABOR pressures
Summary
State legislators and PSD leaders met Nov. 18 to discuss special education needs, workforce recruitment, a possible statewide IEP platform, licensure reciprocity and the state budget constraints tied to TABOR; legislators urged collaboration and warned that voucherization and scholarship‑granting organizations could pose risks to district funding and enrollment.
State legislators, members of the State Board of Education and Poudre School District leaders held an extended discussion during the board’s Nov. 18 meeting on special education capacity, workforce recruitment and the state’s constrained budget outlook.
PSD’s director of integrated services, Dr. Jody Rommel, and autism coach Lisa Hernandez outlined program growth and priorities in the district’s center‑based autism program. Lisa Hernandez said the program has more than doubled in size since 2020 and now serves well over 200 students in center‑based autism programming; Dr. Rommel highlighted three near‑term, largely budget‑neutral legislative asks: continuation of educator recruitment and retention funding (ERR), measures to ease out‑of‑state licensure reciprocity, and…
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