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State education officials outline special-education workload study; advocates press for earlier parent and student input
Summary
State Education Department and AIR researchers described a statewide workload analysis of special-education staff — including contract review, practitioner panels, surveys and focus groups — with a report due July 1; advocates argued student and parent voices should be integrated earlier in the process.
State Education Department staff and outside researchers told a legislative subcommittee they have launched a statewide workload analysis aimed at understanding how special-education duties are assigned and how that affects service delivery.
“Bridal Klimkiewicz, Special Education Division Director, said the work now under way includes a contract review of about 30 districts, practitioner panels, a statewide survey and AIR-facilitated focus groups,” the subcommittee was told. Klimkiewicz said the SERC contract was amended to begin work promptly and that the team is “on track to have the report completed by July 1 and want to provide you with regular updates.”
Dr. Gilmore of the American Institutes for Research (AIR), who is leading research work through AIR’s federally funded SPARC Center, said…
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