Using the General Information Bulletin to Enhance Special Education Services

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Using the General Information Bulletin to Enhance
Special Education Services

• Presented by Special Education Secondary Programs
• Fall 2008

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Overview Special Education Highlights

• Curriculum Information
• Scheduling Transition Planning
• Monitoring, Recording Reporting Student
  Progress
• Graduation Implementation of SB 673
• Academic Achievement Record
• Utilizing the Course Options Strands
• Decisions that impact students academic future

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English/Language Arts Reading

• Students in the 7th, 8th or 9th grade must take
  Reading if they score below 2200 on the TAKS
• Students eligible for Special Education services
  may be placed as determined by the ARD
• Page 10 (Handout)

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Middle/High School Special Education Program

• Access to the general education curriculum is a
  primary consideration
• Continuum of services 3 levels of support
• External
• In-class
• Specialized
• Page 17 (Handout)

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Special Education Services

• Transfer students
• Program Offerings and Graduation Plan Selection
• Transition Planning
• Scheduling Recommendations
• Pages 19-48 (Handout)

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Monitoring, Recording Reporting Student Progress

• Admission
• Grading for Special Education Students
• Promotion/Retention
• Request to Graduate on a Minimum Plan
• Graduation SB 673
• Pages 55-75

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Minimum Standards for the Academic Achievement
Record

• Official permanent record, actual courses taken
• Seals of Completion
• Course Numbers Titles
• Use of Special Explanation Codes
• Pages 83-97 (Handout)

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Appendix Course Options High School
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Course Options Middle School
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Impact of Assessment Options
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AYP Performance Standards
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For More InformationContact

• Corey Golomb
• cgolomb_at_dallasisd.org
• 972-581-4305
• Tanya Browne
• tbrowne_at_dallasis.org
• 972-581-4123
• Gerard Cortez
• gercortez_at_dallasid.org
• 972-581-4181