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Agency says special education will get elevated leadership and statewide training after implementation gaps
Summary
The Secretary told legislators the agency is elevating special education leadership, creating a special-education finance director role, and launching statewide training cohorts to address monitoring, data and training gaps identified after Act 173 implementation and federal review.
The Secretary of Education told the House Education Committee that special education is being elevated inside the Agency of Education and that the agency will pursue statewide training and monitoring tools to address implementation gaps.
The agency elevated special education to a state director position on the Secretary's extended cabinet and created a deputy chief of academics post to provide additional leadership and oversight. "We have elevated the focus on special education," the…
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