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Subject:
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18.1 Review and Potential Approval of the Coordinated Care Early Intervening Services (CCEIS) Plan |
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LCAP (Local Control Accountability Plan) Goal:
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Goal 1: All students will receive a high quality education in a safe and welcoming environment with equitable and high expectations, access to technology, and instruction in the California State Standards that prepare them for college and career.
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Enclosure:
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File Attachment:
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Summary:
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The California Department of Education (CDE) has identified MDUSD as having significant disproportionality by race and ethnicity of students receiving special education services pursuant to the requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The district was disproportionate in school years 2017/2018, 2018/2019, and 2019/2020 and now 2020-2021 in the over-identification of African American students as Intellectually Disabled.
The designation of Significantly Disproportionate requires MDUSD to broadly examine General Education systems to address the problem and to designate 15% of the existing federal Special Education budget allocation (approximately 1.2 million dollars) to address this area. In addition, MDUSD is required to complete a second Comprehensive Coordinated Early Intervening Services (CCEIS) plan which includes opportunities to build on the work the District is undergoing in order to provide culturally responsive academic and behavioral interventions and supports to general education students thus reducing the need, or being identified as needing special education services, thus helping to reduce disproportionate representation in special education.
The CCEIS Plan is aligned to existing district initiatives and was based on a three pronged approach to guide its analysis to identify root causes in order to address equity and disproportionality; analysis of disaggregated data, self-Assessment of needs analyzing racial disproportionality in Special Education and auditing district practices contributing to African American students being overly identified as eligible for special education under the criteria of Intellectually Disabled and for special education as a whole.
The proposed CCEIS Plan has identified five focus areas; Systemic racism and cultural dissonance, lack of authentic partnerships with families from all communities, inequitable and inconsistent implementation of discipline policies, practices and procedures, inconsistent policies, practices and procedures for student study teams and coordinated care teams and trauma. The 15% IDEA funds will support professional development for certificated and classified staff to support the plan implementation, monitoring and evaluation which will be monitored quarterly by the California Department of Education. In addition, the CDE will review district data to determine any ongoing significant disproportionality. The plan must be submitted to the California Department of Education by November 1, 2022.
The plan is posted on the MDUSD website at: https://www.mdusd.org/significantdisproportionality |
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Funding:
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15% of federal Part B and Part C funds- approximately $1,200,000 to be spent over 27 months |
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Fiscal Impact: |
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Approximately $1,200,000 to be spent over 27 months. |
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Recommendation
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Move to approve Comprehensive Coordinated Early Intervening Services Plan as developed. |
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Approvals:
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Recommended By: |
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Jennifer Sachs - Chief, Educational Services |
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Signed By: |
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Wendi Aghily - Chief, Pupil Services and Special Education |
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Signed By: |
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Dr. Adam Clark - Superintendent |
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Vote Results:
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| Original Motion | | Member Cherise Khaund Moved, Member Keisha Nzewi seconded to approve the Original motion 'Move to approve Comprehensive Coordinated Early Intervening Services Plan as developed.'. Upon a Roll-Call Vote being taken, the vote was: Aye: 5 Nay: 0. | | The motion Carried 5 - 0 | | | | | Linda Mayo | Yes | | Debra Mason | Yes | | Cherise Khaund | Yes | | Keisha Nzewi | Yes | | Erin McFerrin | Yes | |
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