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TUSD. Exceptional Education Internal Summary and Environmental Scan Highlights June 13, 2005. TUSD. Kathryn Martin Jane Mullins Mary Neale Terri Polan Gail Steinbach Cathy Taylor. Jacqueline Denton Nancy Edwards Rick Haan Jaimie Leopold Karen McMaster.

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  1. TUSD Exceptional Education Internal Summary and Environmental Scan Highlights June 13, 2005

  2. TUSD Kathryn Martin Jane Mullins Mary Neale Terri Polan Gail Steinbach Cathy Taylor Jacqueline Denton Nancy Edwards Rick Haan Jaimie Leopold Karen McMaster Exceptional Education Data Team

  3. Exceptional EducationDepartment • Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) • Special Education (Ages 3-22) • Direct Service Claims (DSC) (Medicaid)

  4. Exceptional Education Student Profile Total number of students in Exceptional Education is 12,472 • GATE: 4,550 • Special Education Ages 3-5: 717 • Special Education Ages 6-21: 7205 Data as of 4/05

  5. Distribution of Exceptional Education Students

  6. Special Education History • 1949 TUSD is the first school district in the State to provide special education to students thanks to Laura Ganoung • 1954 Brown vs The Board of Education: Separate is not Equal • 1975 – Congress enacts the Education of the Handicapped Act (EHA)

  7. Special Education History • 1990 – The EHC Act was replaced by the Individuals with Disabilities Act • 1997 – IDEA • 2004 Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act

  8. Recent Restructuring Factors: • Budget • Early Retirement Incentives • Transfers • District Restructuring • Improvement Systems • Reduction in Administration • Illness

  9. Exceptional Education Leadership 2002-2003 Exceptional Education Leadership 2003-2004 Assistant Superintendent Central Services Executive Director Director NE/SE Region Director NW Region Ombudsperson Director SW Region HR/Biling. Director Gifted and Talented Assistant Director Ajo Service Center Assistant Director Transition Services Assistant Director Rosemont Service Center Assistant Director Medicaid Programs Program Specialist Program Specialist Program Specialist Program Specialist Program Specialist Program Specialist Program Specialist Program Specialist

  10. Exceptional Education Leadership Fall 2003 • Programs and Activities to be reassigned: • Ombudsperson • Transition/Interim Alternative Placements • Medicaid • New Staff Orientation • Service Centers • Annual Data Collection • Cost Study • GATE • Community Based Instruction • Alternative Education Psychologist • TBI Program Facilitator • Supervision of 350 staff Executive Director Director Assistant Director Program Specialist Program Specialist Program Specialist Program Specialist Program Specialist Program Specialist

  11. Exceptional Education Leadership 2004-2005 Interim Executive Director Interim Director Director Program Specialist Program Specialist Interim Assistant Director Program Specialist Program Specialist Assistant Director Assistant Director: GATE Interim Program Specialist Program Specialist Program Specialist (On Leave) Program Specialist Coordinator Medicaid Coordinator Professional Dev. Coordinator Assessment/ Technology/Cost Study Coordinator Direct Link (Homebound/Tele) Coordinator Service Centers/ Accountability/Data

  12. Exceptional Education2005 Karen McMaster Interim Executive Director Jane Mullins Interim Director of School Based Services Deborah Anders Assistant Director of Gifted and Talented Leila Williams Interim Assistant Director Program Specialists Interim Program Specialists Jacqueline Denton Beth Kendall Terri Polan Laurie Dietz Brenda Hanna Shirley Siedschlag Carin Stair Barbara Horton GatePlus Itinerant Teachers GATE Programs Cathy Taylor Technology/ Assessment Terri Polan Professional Development Mary Neale LRE/ Compliance/Service Centers Dan Perino Transition Jacqueline Denton Special Projects/ Medicaid Kathryn Martin Direct Link Kathy Allen Child Find Paul Ohm Project ABLE (Preschool SPED) Coordinators Psychologists Social Workers Itinerant HI/VI Teacher Coaches Speech Pathologists OT/PT/ APE

  13. IDEA • Provides the foundation for how States and School Districts provide special education. • Allows for a funding mechanism to assist States and School Districts • Identification, Evaluation, Placement, Procedural Safeguards and Least Restrictive Environment.

  14. Least Restrictive Environment • IDEA requires students with disabilities be educated in the regular classroom with supports • School Districts must make available a full continuum of service delivery options • Students with disabilities must have access to the general education curriculum

  15. Least Restrictive Environment Inclusion: Commitment to educate each child, to the maximum extent appropriate in the school and classroom he or she would otherwise attend if not disabled Mainstreaming: Selective placement of special education students to participate in the general education classroom for a period of time when the student is ready to participate in general education

  16. Inclusion • Must be supported philosophically and administratively to be successful.

  17. No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 • Mandates all students including those with disabilities demonstrate proficiency on state tests • Allows for a state-developed alternate assessment • Allows for accommodations as specified by the students Individual Education Plan team

  18. No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 & IDEA • Emphasis on Teacher Quality • By June 30, 2006 special education teachers must be Highly Qualified in all of the “Core” subjects they teach • Emergency or Provisional Certificates are no longer allowed

  19. Exceptional Education Enrollment • TUSD’s special education enrollment has steadily increased which is consistent with nationwide trends • The nationwide statistics show an increase of 11.9% (1996-2000).

  20. Comparison of TUSD and U.S. Special Education Enrollment Trends

  21. Special Education Enrollment as of Dec. 1 2004 • Specific Learning Disability 3452 • Speech Language Impairments 1495 • Mild Mental Retardation 461 • Other Health Impaired 454 • Emotional Disability 412 • Autism 214 • Hearing Impairments 177

  22. Special Education K-12

  23. Special Education Enrollment as of Dec. 1 2004 • Moderate Mental Retardation 136 • Multiple Disabilities 108 • Orthopedic Impairment 75 • Severe Mental Retardation 60 • Emotional Disability/Separate School 58 • Visual Impairment 39 • Multiple Disabilities/Severe Sensory 30 • Traumatic Brain Injury 30

  24. Special Education K-12

  25. Special Education Enrollment as of Dec. 1 2004 • Preschool • Preschool Moderate Delay 261 • Preschool Speech and Language 170 • Preschool Severe Delay 147

  26. Special Education Enrollment as of Dec. 1 2004 • Preschool Speech Language Additional • Head Start 55 • Wings on Words 20 • Private Preschool 25 • Parent and Child Education (PACE) and Child and Parent Sucess (CAPS) 65

  27. Population Trends • Pima County has increased in population by 10.4% • Arizona is currently the second fastest growing state. It has increased in size by 16.8% from 1999-2003 • The City of Tucson has increased in population by 8.2% from 1999-2003, which is consistent with the increased enrollment in TUSD exceptional education

  28. Income • Tucson has a reputation as a low wage town • Within the city limits of Tucson the median household income is low compared to Pima County, Arizona, and the United States • The gap has been increasing

  29. Total Enrollment Anglo 49% Hispanic 37% African American 5% Native American 8% Asian American 1% Special Ed Enrollment Anglo 49% Hispanic 35% African American 6% Native American 8% Asian American 1% State of Arizona Educational Ethnicity 2003-2004

  30. Total Enrollment 35% Anglo 51% Hispanic 7% African American 4% Native American 3% Asian American Special Education 37% Anglo 47% Hispanic 8% African American 5% Native American 2% Asian American TUSD Demographics* * Random sample from TUSD STATS page - enrollment on 12/1/04

  31. GATE 43% Anglo 44% Hispanic 5% African American 3% Native American 5% Asian American TUSD Demographics * Gate Data as of 4/05

  32. Exceptional Education Enrollment • The enrollment of TUSD exceptional education students has increased 8.6% in the last 6 years while the total TUSD enrollment has gone down by 2.5%.

  33. Enrollment Comparison

  34. Charter Schools • There are 52 charter schools within TUSD boundaries. • There are 16 under enrolled schools; all are close to charter schools • It is estimated that 8,309 attend those 52 charter schools* • If these students attended TUSD schools, it could increase our revenue by more than $41,545,000* *This data needs further analysis.

  35. Charter Schools and Under-Enrolled Schools

  36. 13 %

  37. Exceptional Education Students • Exceptional Education Students (GATE and Special Education) comprise 20% of the total TUSD Enrollment

  38. TUSD Student Enrollment

  39. Full Funding • In 1975, when the Education for All Handicapped Children (now IDEA) was first enacted, Congress promised to pay for 40% of the cost of education of students with disabilities.

  40. Full Funding • Congress has never provided 40% • State and Local education agencies have had to be responsible for the majority of the costs

  41. Congress’ Contribution for Educating Students with Disabilities 1995 7.8% 2000 12% 2003 18% IDEA Funding Coalition March 2003

  42. COST Cost: 41 million State/Federal Funds: 12.5 million 28.5 million

  43. Staff • Approximately 20% of the special education teachers in TUSD have emergency certification • 38% of TUSD Teaching Assistants have not met NCLB requirements for highly qualified

  44. Medicaid DSCDirect Service Claiming • TUSD has chosen to participate in order to recover some of the cost for certain medically related services provided to student with an IEP that qualify for Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS)

  45. Medicaid DSCDirect Service Claiming Participation: Certified Staff: 425 Classified: 675 Reimbursement: 4.8 Million Total (2.3 Million was brought in this last year due to increased compliance with claim documentation)

  46. MAC Medicaid Administrative Claiming Reimbursement: 4.3 Million Total (1.2 million from just this last year) NOTE: Federal Guidelines have changed this year so TUSD can only expect annual reimbursement to be between $600,000 – $750,000.

  47. Medicaid Revenue 2003-04 Funds:$2,500,000 Exceptional Education • Teachers and Technology: $300,000 TUSD • Teacher Salaries: $2,000,000 • K-3, Project More, Legal, 504, bilingual, fine arts, interscholastics, ADA requests, workers compenstation, alternative education

  48. Graduation Students with disabilities lag behind non-disabled students in TUSD graduation rates. • Regular Education 2004: 80% graduated • Special Education 2004: 66% graduated

  49. Graduation Graduation statistics vary for special education due to: • Some state reports require data for 16-22 year olds and some reports require data relating to just students who exit school that year (12th graders). • It is important to remember that students with IEP’s can stay until they are 22.

  50. Parent Satisfaction From Annual Parent Survey May 2004 n=100

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