WV Board of Education Policy 2419 relates to the Regulations for the Education of Students with Exceptionalities. Changes have been proposed and the policy is on a 60 day public comment period.
AFT-WV has identified two proposed changes which could significantly impact your classroom.
• The policy mandates a 50% cap on the percentage of students with IEPs in a regular education core academic classroom with or without support from a special educator.
• The policy increases the maximum number of Level I special education students per instructional period in grades K-5 in a resource room from 6 to 8 students.
It is important for teachers and service personnel to comment on the proposed changes and how the changes will affect classrooms and students.
The WV BOE comment period ends June 12, 2017.
Please click here to complete our survey about these changes so we can include the voice of educators in the union's response to these proposals. Survey ends May 22nd.
After completing this survey, you will be redirected to the WVDE policy comment webpage. We encourage all educators and interested parties to comment with their concerns.
Click here to download and print a flyer to share with colleagues.
You can also click here to directly access the WVDE comment page.