sharyn howell, executive director, lausd brian bauer, ceo, granada hills charter high school
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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 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Special Education: Lessons Learned in the Restructure of Los Angeles Unified
School District
National Charter School Conference
Sharyn Howell, Executive Director, LAUSDBrian Bauer, CEO, Granada Hills Charter High School
Sydney Quon, Director, LAUSDGina Plate, Sr. Advisor for Special Education
July 1, 2013
Key Factors
• Independent LEA for special education purposes
• Part of an LEA for special education purposes
Legal Status
• Relationship to authorizer dictates:• Access to funding• Service delivery responsibility and
decision making authority
Linkage
= Authorizer = Traditional School = Charter School
Another look at the Options
Independent LEA for Special Education
(No Link)
Part of an LEA/ School of the District
(Total Link)
Responsibility & Funding Responsibility & Funding
Local Educational Agency (LEA) for Special
EducationEd. Code §47641(a)
Part of an LEA (“School of the District”)
Ed. Code §47641(b)
California Charter Schools have two options for special education service delivery and responsibility:
California:Two Options for Charter Schools
California Special Education Structures
SchoolsInteracts with students and
families Supports service delivery for
students at siteMay be required to contribute
financially to district costs
*Local Education Agency (LEA)*Participates in SELPA governance Carries responsibility for special
educationReceives special education funds
from the SELPA
Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA)Multiple LEAs (or one large LEA) collectively develop a plan for special education
Receives special education funds from CDE and allocates funds to participating LEAs
SchoolsInteracts with students and
families Supports service delivery for
students at siteMay be required to contribute
financially to district costs
*Local Education Agency (LEA)*Participates in SELPA governance Carries responsibility for FAPE Receives special education funds
from the SELPA
Another look at the Structures
LEA for Special Education
School of The District
School DistrictCharterSchool
SELPA
Charter School:Autonomy,
Flexibility, Funding
SELPA: Compliance,
Funding
Authorizer: Oversight,
Funding
The Great Divide: Competing Interests
Quality Services for Students
Los Angeles Unified School District
Total ADA: 655,494 students
Total students with IEP: 75,000
228 charter schools; 88,000 ADA
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.
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The New Structure
• One Single-District SELPA
• Two Sub-groups– District-Operated Programs– Charter-Operated Programs
LAUSD: One structure, two programs
LAUSD Board of Education
LAUSD SELPA
$
District-Operated Program
$
Charter-Operated Program
Advisory Committee2 charter representatives3 district representatives
One SELPA, two Programs
District Operated Program Charter Operated Program
LAUSD SELPA
Affiliated charters
Traditional district schools and “school of
the district” charters
Programs and Services
Option 2
charters
Option 1
charters
Semi-autonomous
“LEA-like” charters
Option 3
charter
Option 3
charter
Option 3
charter
$ $
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%
Case Study: Los Angeles
LAUSD Conversion and Independent Charters (Excluding COP Schools)
COP Year 1 cohort 41 schools (6 schools were new and did not have data for '10-11")
LAUSD Conversion and Independent Charters (Excluding COP Schools)
COP (Year 1 Cohort 47 Schools)
2010
-11
2011
-12
6.69%
6.87%
7.31%
7.53%
0.95%
1.21%
1.09%
1.47%
Students With Disabilities in LAUSD Charters
Percent - High Incidence Disabilities Percent - Low Incidence Disabilties
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