Education
BY KELLY SCHAFLER
FBISD reduces overdue special education re-evaluations categories that require different types of testing: Review of Existing Evaluation Data and a general re-evaluation, school leadership officials said. Overdue re-evaluations
Fort Bend ISD’s special education department reported an improvement in addressing evalua- tions, an issue that put the district in noncompli- ance for special education services last year. At the Oct. 21 FBISD board of trustees meeting, department officials outlined what steps they’ve taken to address this backlog of evaluations and future plans to remain ahead of the curve in the new year and to continue enhancing services. “One of the things I think we’re really trying to do is begin to operationalize the multiple special education audits we’ve had over the past five or six years and really bring those into practice,” Chief Academic Officer Adam Stephens said. “We’re really excited because we’re going to pivot from being reactive as a special education depart- ment to now being proactive.” The overview The department has made progress on re-evaluations, which are broken into two
When beginning the 2024-25 school year, the department had 2,099 overdue re-evaluations, district data shows. Since then, the overdue re- evaluations have decreased more than 75% to 507. In August, FBISD contracted with additional vendors who specialize in providing evaluators to assist the department in completing the overdue re-evaluations, school leadership officials said. With this change, the department is on track to complete overdue re-evaluations by June 30, said Deena Hill, executive director of student support services. What’s next Trustees said they were pleased to see the department “moving in the right direction,” and looked forward to future updates. Department staff said in addition to staying on
Start of 2024-25 year As of Oct. 21
1,137
962
495
43
REEDs*
Re-evaluations
*REEDS MEANS REVIEW OF EXISTING EVALUATION DATA SOURCE: FORT BEND ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT
track with evaluations, they plan to gain feedback through conversations with parents, stakeholders, students and community members. The department also plans to form a Special Education Task Force.
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