Official text

Ratification by the Board of Education of a Services Agreement (SA) and a Data Sharing Agreement (DSA), each, by and between the District and CAB Publishing Company (CABPC), LLC, Leesburg, VA, for the latter to provide by the SA, an in depth audit of special education records as it pertains to the significant disproportionality of African-American/black students identified under the classification of Other Health Impairment in order to review referral, evaluation, and eligibility practices used by relevant Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) staff and provide detailed feedback on any areas of the process that could be contributing to the significant disproportionality identified by the California Department of Education (CDE) and provide suggestions for improvement on how to promote equity through special education practices and evaluation, for the period of March 15, 2024 through June 30, 2024, in an amount not to exceed $35,000.00, and, under the DSA, the terms and conditions of the District’s transmission of or sharing of pupil data with CABPC, and the protection by CABPC, of such data, for the same term as SA, via the Special Education Department.