Special Education Presentation to District Advisory Council on Compensatory Education (DAC) Moira Allbritton, Chair Community Advisory Committee for Special Education (CAC)
Comparing and Contrasting the Advisory Groups CAC DAC • Mandated for school districts that • Mandated under CA Ed Code for a receive Economic Impact Aid; SELPA (Special Education Local acting to certify for California Planning Area). Department of Education (CDE). • By-laws currently set membership • Representative per Title I school; at 35; must be parent majority. this DAC supports input from all sites. Also must be parent • Minimal role in budget majority. development as services are driven • Primary function is watchdog of by needs of individuals (with specific funds to ensure monies Family Educational Rights and spent on intended students. Privacy Act ( FERPA ) protections). 2
Who do we represent? CAC DAC • Approximately 15,000 students • 62,487 students are meal- from infancy through 22nd eligible birthday are served by SDUSD. 3
DAC and CAC share 8,741 constituents! Students with Students Meal Eligibility with Disabilities 4
Quick Timeline • 1954: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka • 1965: Elementary and Secondary Education Act Established right to equal education for all • 1972: Congressional Investigation – “Bureau of the Handicapped” surveyed 8 million school-aged children with disabilities. • 1975: Public Law 94-142 required states accepting federal money to grant equal access to children with disabilities. • 1997: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (“the IDEA”) 5
My expectations about budget…are grim. • Loss of some Special Education resource teachers. • Reduction in Program Manager positions. • Continued pressure to reduce Transportation costs. • Immediate increased challenges in obtaining Related Services, supplemental supports, assessments, and nonpublic school (NPS) placement. • Difficulty assessing and placing our youngest learners. • Fewer funds to address ongoing challenges in transition-aged students. • Moderate/severe Education Specialist within elementary consolidated for fall 2017. 6
Budget Cuts Disproportionately Affect Kids in Sub-Groups. We need to stick together. • All students not attending nonpublic schools are general education students. • Compounded when Students with Disabilities are also English Learners, losing the essential access to specific English Language instruction. • Students with Disabilities also face further loss of programs when the monies you oversee shrink. • And then, of course, Special Education program supports are expected to diminish. 7
We have w work to do! Please sha hare with your ur SSCs and nd sites! Upcoming CAC meetings… Thursday, February 23 @ 7 p.m. – Ad hoc Committee on Discipline Ed Center, Room 2249 Thursday, March 9 @ 7 p.m. – CAC General Membership meeting Ballard Parent Center Auditorium Questions? cac@sandi.net 8
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