From the Desk of Pamela Bisceglia, Executive Director
AdvocacyDenver is pleased to forward the following interview with Denver Public Schools Superintendent Susana Cordova. There are two reasons why this interview is important. At different times during Tom Boasberg’s tenure, we attempted to secure a time to meet with him to discuss systemic issues in relation to programming for students with disabilities. The former superintendent ignored all requests from AdvocacyDenver to meet and ordered deep cuts to Special Education every few years. The cuts resulted in a significant decrease in Special Education oversight, professional development, and elimination of the autism, behavior and assistive technology service teams. Each year, Special Education teachers and in particular related services providers’ caseloads were increased.
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Watch this webinar to learn about how the funding for Denver Public Schools’ Special Education Budgets is set for each school year, what factors affect the funds available, current budget trends, and who the stakeholders and decision makers in the budgeting process are.