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Student services update: Tallawanda meets top special‑education compliance; staff prepare for state form changes
Summary
The district’s student services director reported Tallawanda earned the highest special‑education compliance rating with no required actions, described workload pressures (165 three‑year reevaluations due next year) and noted over 200 students served under Section 504 plans; staff will receive professional development when new state forms are released.
Miss Faulkner, the district’s student services presenter, told the board Tallawanda received the highest special‑education compliance rating and currently has no required corrective actions from the Ohio Department of Education.
"I am very proud to say that Tallawanda meets requirements that is the highest rating that we can receive," Miss Faulkner said, explaining compliance depends heavily on meeting many time‑sensitive deadlines for IEPs and ETRs. She told trustees the district already has 165 three‑year reevaluations scheduled for the coming year, not counting newly identified students or incoming preschoolers.
Faulkner described the district’s preschool model — three classrooms serving 8 typical students and 8 students with disabilities — all dual‑licensed staff, and said the district currently offers itinerant services for additional preschool children. She also noted the district serves more than 200 students under Section 504 plans, which do not receive IDEA funding but still require evaluations and annual reviews.
The presenter emphasized that federal and state rule changes will alter many longstanding forms and practices. "This is going to require a mind‑shift change for a lot of our staff and even our parents," she said, and administration plans professional development once the Department releases updated forms in late spring or early summer.
What the board will do next: trustees noted staffing and caseload limits; administration said it will monitor identification rates and return to the board if additional intervention specialists or other staffing changes are required.
