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Sharyn Howell, Executive Director, LAUSD Brian Bauer, CEO, Granada Hills Charter High School

Special Education: Lessons Learned in the Restructure of Los Angeles Unified School District National Charter School Conference. Sharyn Howell, Executive Director, LAUSD Brian Bauer, CEO, Granada Hills Charter High School Sydney Quon, Director, LAUSD

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Sharyn Howell, Executive Director, LAUSD Brian Bauer, CEO, Granada Hills Charter High School

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  1. Special Education: Lessons Learned in the Restructure of Los Angeles Unified School DistrictNational Charter School Conference Sharyn Howell, Executive Director, LAUSD Brian Bauer, CEO, Granada Hills Charter High School Sydney Quon, Director, LAUSD Gina Plate, Sr. Advisor for Special Education July 1, 2013

  2. Key Factors

  3. Another look at the Options Responsibility & Funding Responsibility & Funding Independent LEA for Special Education (No Link) Part of an LEA/ School of the District (Total Link) = Authorizer = Traditional School = Charter School

  4. California:Two Options for Charter Schools California Charter Schools have two options for special education service delivery and responsibility:

  5. California Special Education Structures

  6. Another look at the Structures SELPA School District Charter School LEA for Special Education School of The District

  7. The Great Divide: Competing Interests Quality Services for Students

  8. Los Angeles Unified School District

  9. The LAUSD Vision Expand the innovative, high-quality school choice options available for vulnerable youth by empowering charter schools to: • Serve a greater number of students with unique needs; • Provide innovative, high-quality services to a broader range of students.

  10. The New Structure • One Single-District SELPA • Two Sub-groups • District-Operated Programs • Charter-Operated Programs

  11. LAUSD: One structure, two programs LAUSD Board of Education LAUSD SELPA Advisory Committee 2 charter representatives 3 district representatives $ $ Charter-Operated Program District-Operated Program

  12. One SELPA, two Programs LAUSD SELPA $ $ District Operated Program Charter Operated Program Semi-autonomous “LEA-like” charters Traditional district schools and “school of the district” charters Option 3 charter Option 1 charters Option 3 charter Option 2 charters Affiliated charters Programs and Services Option 3 charter

  13. Case Study: Los Angeles Charter schools in the new program have increased both the number and range of students with disabilities they serve • COP schools increased the % of students with disabilities they serve from 8.08% in 2010-’11 to 9.01% in 2011-’12. This is equivalent to 11.5% increase in percentage points. • COP schools increased their population of students with the most severe ("low-incidence") disabilities from 1.21% in 2010-’11 to 1.47% in 2011-’12, which represents an percent increase of 21.9%

  14. resources available on conference website Discussion

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