By Sue Gamm, Esq.

Rid your district of overrepresentation in special education before you face IDEA sanctions. This Second Edition gives you explanations of IDEA provisions, lessons gleaned from research plus best practices you can use to properly identify, address and reduce disproportionality.

Along with gaining practical tools such as templates for progress monitoring and examples of risk ratio thresholds, you also learn about federal funding sources to help your district pay for school-based programs and activities that reduce disproportionality. Plus, you get in-depth guidance to:

• Calculate significant disproportionality using risk ratio thresholds and other methods
• Conduct a root cause analysis to identify and address factors contributing to disproportionality
• Implement a multi-tier system of supports to reduce disproportionality
• Self-monitor to identify and prevent potential issues leading to disproportionality
• And more!

You also learn about federal funding sources such as the three ESSER funds to help your district pay for school-based programs and activities that reduce disproportionality.