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CAC tells CNUSD board students with disabilities face service gaps, recommends inclusion policy and more co-teaching
Summary
The districtCommunity Advisory Committee warned the Board that special education outcomes have declined, cited staff shortages and high litigation spending, and urged a package of recommendations including a pay-for-service preschool expansion, stronger co-teaching continuity, and an internal alternative dispute resolution program.
The Corona-Norco Unified School DistrictCommunity Advisory Committee (CAC) told the school board at its May meeting that students with disabilities are being shortchanged by gaps in services, weak interdepartmental follow-through and shortages of key staff.
"When we look at how we are moving forward with talking about how we have such deep hearts for our students with disabilities ... how a community treats its most vulnerable is always a measure of its humanity," CAC presenter Misty Hamlin said in her year-end report, urging the board to examine results alongside rhetoric.
Hamlin detailed a set of concerns and recommendations. She said district reporting shows declining special education performance since 2022 and that the district spent "over $2,700,000" on special-education litigation last year. She described…
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