In 2019-20, the California Department of Education identified Alameda Unified School District as one of many districts across the state showing “significant disproportionality.” Specifically, for three years in a row, African-American students in AUSD have been identified as children with disabilities in two different special education categories at a higher rate than their peers of other races.
Because of this pattern of significant disproportionality, the CDE has mandated AUSD to:
- Develop and submit a Comprehensive Coordinated Early Intervening Services (CCEIS) Plan
- Convene a CCEIS Stakeholder Team
- Develop a Special Education Plan (SEP)
In a series of presentations, Staff have brought to the Board and the community:
- AUSD’s Significant Disproportionality Process: Introduction - October 13, 2020
- AUSD’s Significant Disproportionality Process: Data Review and Root Cause Analysis - October 27, 2020
- AUSD's Significant Disproportionality Process: Progress on the Development of a Comprehensive Coordinated Early Intervening Services (CCEIS) Plan - December 9, 2020
- AUSD's Significant Disproportionality Process: Recommendations for the Target Population and Activities to be Included in the Comprehensive Coordinated Early Intervening Services (CCEIS) Plan - December 15, 2020
Tonight staff are presenting the Comprehensive Coordinated Early Intervening Services (CCEIS) Plan to the Board of Education with a request for approval. The approved plan will be submitted to the California Department of Education before January 15, 2021.