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Board hears special‑education disproportionality review; district reports stabilization across measures
Summary
District special‑education staff reported a multi‑year review of identification and discipline ratios, noting a temporary spike in prior years and current stabilization; staff said interventions and monitoring are in place and that the district remains within IDEA and state equity expectations.
The Berkeley County Board received a special‑education equity update Tuesday that examined three‑year trends in referral, identification and disciplinary outcomes and described district interventions to reduce disproportionality.
Speaker 13, who presented the CCEIS (Comprehensive, Coordinated, Early Intervening Services) analysis, said the district tracks risk ratios over several years and flagged a prior year with an elevated risk factor (about 3.79) driven in part by…
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