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District reports progress on special-education reforms after FICMAT review; trustees and parents press for more data
Summary
Ventura Unified told the board it has expanded co-teaching, launched TK inclusion and updated assessment practices after a FICMAT review; district staff reported that roughly 50% of students with disabilities are now in general education more than 80% of the day (up from 44.9%), and officials promised written outcome data in response to trustee and parent requests.
Ventura Unified leaders delivered an extended update on Aug. 27 about their response to 30 recommendations from a February 2024 FICMAT review, describing programmatic changes and early impacts while parents and trustees pressed for written outcome metrics.
Neil (Ed Services) and Superintendent Dr. Antonio Castro summarized a broad set of reforms: expansion of co-teaching (the district reported moving to 67 co-taught sections this year), a TK inclusion initiative to bring identified students into TK/K settings with added supports, expanded paraeducator training and mandatory year-round professional development, improvements in bilingual assessment…
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