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Pittsburgh Public Schools outlines three-year special-education plan after state monitoring
Summary
Assistant Superintendent Patty Camper told the education committee the district's state-required three-year special education plan reduces corrective actions from 16 areas to six, but persistent gaps remain in behavior supports, discipline practices, least-restrictive placements, and assessment proficiency for students with disabilities.
Assistant Superintendent Patty Camper presented Pittsburgh Public Schools' state-required three-year special education plan to the Education Committee on April 14, framing it as both a compliance document and "a 3 year road map focused on improving outcomes and reducing variability in services for students with disabilities." The plan, she said, connects monitoring findings and indicator data to targeted corrective actions and longer-term improvement strategies.
Camper told board members that the district's cyclical monitoring by the Bureau of Special Education identified corrective action in 16 of 21 monitored areas during the 2023 cycle; she said that number has been reduced to six for the current planning cycle. "While this reflects significant progress," Camper added, "there remain persistent areas that require…
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