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Board rejects ECE org-chart as public and psychologists warn cuts will delay special‑education evaluations
Summary
After hours of public comment and expert testimony warning that proposed reductions to school‑psychologist days and elimination of a lead psychologist risked legal noncompliance and delayed evaluations, the Jefferson County Board voted down the Exceptional Child Education organizational‑chart changes and asked the superintendent to reopen negotiations with stakeholders.
The Jefferson County Board of Education on March 10 rejected proposed organizational changes and calendar reductions for the district’s Exceptional Child Education (ECE) role groups after extensive public comment and board questioning about process, equity and legal risk.
Public commenters — including school psychologists, a pediatric neurologist and state Rep. Lisa Wilner — told the board that reducing contract days for psychologists and eliminating the lead psychologist position could slow multi‑disciplinary evaluations that federal law requires and that those timelines matter for access to services. Rep. Lisa Wilner told the board that “those eligibility determinations account for more than $84,000,000 in exceptional child education funding for JCPS,” and urged the board to reconsider the proposed cuts.
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