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Director outlines new 504 and special-education handbooks, para training and eligibility team
Summary
Jill Kenyon, the district's Director of Student Services, told the board the district has created parent-focused Special Education and 504 handbooks, formed a district eligibility committee, and plans expanded paraeducator training while flagging uncertainty about future AEA services.
Jill Kenyon, the Pleasant Valley Community School District Director of Student Services, gave the board a comprehensive update on the district's Section 504 and special education work, saying the district is rolling out parent- and staff-focused handbooks and formalizing eligibility procedures.
Kenyon said the district developed a special-education parent handbook that will be posted on the district website this summer and given in hard copy to families of newly qualified students. "It's their handbook, not ours," she said, describing collaborative drafting with parents who helped write a welcome letter for the guide.
She also described a new 504…
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