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District presents entry plan for student services, pilots AI tool and DECAP planning aid
Summary
District staff presented an entry‑plan review of student services that cited gains in compliance (DESI score to 85%), identified gaps in districtwide coherence and staffing alignment, and described two pilot tools — an AI procedural agent for families and a DECAP PAL planning tool for teachers — intended to improve access and instruction.
A district official presented a detailed entry‑plan review of student services on May 20, reporting improvements in compliance and outlining next steps to strengthen special education programming and data systems.
The presenter said the district had completed a tiered focus review and reached full DESI compliance, raising its LEA determination score to 85% from 79 the previous year. The analysis identified operational strengths at the school level but uneven coherence across buildings, a need to balance licensed teachers and paraprofessionals for specialized instruction, and the requirement to expand evidence‑based curricula for substantially separate programs.
To help families navigate procedures, the office has developed a procedural manual and piloted an AI conversational agent (presenter described it as an AI tool that references the manual) to deliver real‑time guidance about the district’s processes. Separately, district MTSS staff introduced a DECAP PAL (Playab) planning tool for teachers that embeds the district DECAP (District Curriculum Accommodation Plan) and suggests two‑to‑three evidence‑based classroom accommodations or strategies teachers can adapt (the tool does not ingest student‑level data; student success teams handle data review).
Staff described work to build a dynamic student record in Open Architect that would track interventions and supports so that strategies travel with the student; that work is ongoing and requires development to capture higher resolution intervention data. The presenters said progress on these tools is tied to summer pilot testing, professional development for team chairs and procurement choices for IEP software replacements.
Committee members and parents asked for clearer timelines for evaluations and services and whether staffing will be sufficient if budget votes succeed; presenters said some additional staffing is expected contingent on budget decisions and compliance reforms completed this year.
