September Board of Ed: amendment to special ed regulations

 backup is here; regulation changes here

West: how many districts are more or less in being in compliance already
Department doesn't track, did contact publishers; 300 districts have one of the approved tool, but we don't know how many of the districts are using across district
Mohamed: metrics that clearly delineate among schools?
Johnston: regulation grounded in what we have in practices right now
screen, intervene, and progress monitor
some efforts underway to understand at Department level; districts to reflect on what's working and what's not
Stewart: how do you get to the guidelines
Johnston: Mass Literacy is integrated
immediate and equitable access to reading support
Moriarty: strongly in favor, very happy
stronger document than what was here
was disappointed by some of the comments from superintendents
students not reading on third grade level: "that's what's poisoning the well of the entire educational system for generations"
think that more educators get it then don't
of the Department: "genuinely collaborative, forward-thinking...Department putting its best face forward, its best face forward"
to the Legislature: last had a literacy bill in 2010
"a good 'right to read' legislation is needed for Massachusetts"
"if you look at what Mississippi did...if Mississippi gets ahead of Massachusetts, we'll have to move"

Peyser: opportunities in the regular classroom
support for students who don't actually require a special ed referral
science of reading available to all students

Stewart: 

regulation change passes